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Collaboration With TANF/Public Assistance

Resources and information about collaboration between public child welfare and public assistance agencies. Public assistance agencies administer the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, which provides income support and employment assistance to low-income families. Resources include State and local examples.

	Urban Partnerships Initiative Online Toolkit Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families (2008) Offers a collection of resources, templates, examples, and instruments that may assist TANF administrators in achieving the goal of supporting families on a path to self-sufficiency.

Building Better Human Service Systems: Integrating Services for Income Support and Related Programs (PDF - 259 KB)
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government (2003)
Examined service integration efforts in 12 States to identify challenges to collaboration and factors contributing to effectiveness.

Collaboration Between State Welfare and Child Welfare Agencies
Urban Institute (2002)
Describes organizational restructuring to implement provisions of welfare reform and facilitate coordinated case planning, information sharing, and co-location of services.

Cross-Program Training: Supervisory Workshop on Communication, Collaboration, and Change
Dougherty (2000)
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Curriculum for training supervisors in child welfare and TANF programs to support collaboration between frontline workers in both systems.

Teaming Up: Collaboration Between Welfare and Child Welfare Agencies Since Welfare Reform
Ehrle, Andrews, & Scarcella
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(3), 2004
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Presents data from a survey of State welfare directors and discusses proposed improvements for collaborative efforts between welfare and child welfare agencies.

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State and local examples

Enhancing Collaboration Between Work First and Child Welfare (PDF - 127 KB)
McMahon
Children's Services Practice Notes, 9(3), 2004
Describes the impact of a collaboration between North Carolina's TANF program and child welfare services.

Project Family Map: Final Progress Report.
Byrne (2000)
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Findings from a Salem, MA, project to improve collaboration between the child welfare and financial assistance welfare systems.

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	Related Information Gateway Topics Systemwide: Reform related to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

Updated on December 1, 2008