endstream endobj 19 0 obj <>stream A grantee will not need to amend its TANF plan to provide NRSTs with the PEAF. PDF DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY 1. For FITAP basic assistance, the - Louisiana How do I apply to receive the one-time, non-recurrent Nevada PEAF payment for my child(ren)? Here are some other examples of NRST benefits that grantees might want to provide with PEAF funds. Report Child Abuse & Neglect:1-855-4LA-KIDS (1-855-452-5437)toll-free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We anticipate having only one reallotment of those two sources of funds, but we will make a decision on whether to have more than one after we see how much of the allotment grantees request initially. There is no additional application that needs to be completed. For states (including the District of Columbia) and territories, the law provides a 15-percent cap on administrative expenditures. In addition, we will use the information grantees report on these forms to determine the amount of funds remaining for reallotment. We remind grantees that the Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) does apply to the PEAF, as it is funded under Title IV-A; however tribes are not subject to the IEVS requirements. A grantee has the flexibility to determine what needy means for each NRST and may wish to set a higher standard than it does for TANF cash assistance, such as aligning with SNAP or Medicaid income eligibility criteria. In other words, for this fund, NRST benefits, like all NRSTs under TANF, must: and (as explained in the instructions for reporting on line 15 of the ACF-196R) NRSTs paid for with PEAF funds: Like TANF, any PEAF-funded benefit must meet a purpose of Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. A one-time payment to provide extra cash to weather the pandemic to current Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipient families with children affected by the pandemic. Here are some other examples of NRST benefits that grantees might want to provide with PEAF funds. provide payment for hotel rooms and meal delivery for people who need to quarantine away from their families. Cash benefits provided to FITAP and/or KCSP recipients through Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards cannot be used at certain types of retailers and establishments. Grantees must use funds to supplement, and not supplant, other federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local funds. #t}\{>k 0JnMj*zH3>B)T}~\0F3j59Lb-15v. 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ACES automatically checks if a payment has been issued to a qualifying child, and if so, the system won't issue another payment, even if the child changes households. The American Rescue Plan Act, Public Law 117-2; section 403(c) of the Social Security Act. In most cases under TANF, a NRST benefit addresses a specific episode of need, which means that the state or tribe has determined the specific need of that family; however, the regulation allows for NRSTs to address a specific crisis situation. As is evidenced by Congress creating the PEAF, the extraordinary nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its sweeping economic impacts constitute a specific crisis situation allowing a grantee to offer a NRST benefit broadly to needy families who are financially and otherwise eligible. If a grantee does choose to offer a benefit without determining an individual episode of need, it would need to be clear that the NRST expenditure was related to the pandemic. Please direct inquiries to the TANF Program Manager in your region. 0 TANF PEAF Program Info - Nevada This benefit clearly meets Purpose One and is pandemic-related. After deducting $2 million for federal administration: A grantee must make a one-time election of the amount of its allotment it wishes to receive. More Individuals Filing Options Boat Registration Citizens Insurance Tax Credit Consumer Use Tax Credit Caps +3C}JNz -7*ZXCOLk$q`$CiDLu")Mu 4MC"=sb-uIsLLe%s\H:&uAH1AN2*w%*"Yz]*xtfhw,)@:"1}1*b=-v3!Qj|)_ '8nxAF@-DIt.gr!qf4g2r" 9!dn @JiwIwd7\Av3'1FMQ?8#U[SQOLMmEFq?d.oUsaqS2.#hit)'Bz&`jj\qfO"92Q0"c;La2h`LD Sc-G8ef[ZiaPje]Bv4@y/6nXBX:|f 2XDSH2U)UW~*t:X9t2p14{hixj4kUvm!3x}CF@38781>98D;L0"oc19 c|c>cV l6. Indeed, as we noted above, all PEAF-funded benefits must be designed to address needs arising from the pandemic. Those basic needs include food, shelter, and clothing. We hope that making this determination now will enable grantees to act expeditiously in distributing PEAF benefits and be responsive to the current crisis. A voucher to cover the cost of utility bills in arrears due to financial issues arising from the pandemic. q8 H2#H4w , For tribes, the same cap will apply to administrative costs in the PEAF that a tribe negotiated for administrative costs in its approved tribal TANF plan (or approved 477 plan for federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia that integrate TANF under P.L. Report Child Abuse & Neglect: 1-855-4LA-KIDS (1-855-452-5437) toll-free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Additionally, they may use funds for administrative costs (up to a 15-percent cap for states and territories and up to the negotiated cap for tribes). The recipients of PEAF-funded NRSTs must be needy families with children but they do not necessarily have to be eligible for TANF cash assistance. For example, if a grantee received its funds on May 15, 2021, it could use the PEAF funds to reimburse itself for allowable expenditures it made starting on April 1, 2021. Individuals interested in applying may call 844-684-6333 | TTY: 800-462-7585 during the hours of operation: Monday Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time. hTn0[ 86$R=5i`C%7^3nMxN35| ^jK7.t#mI.tw=eWl/lf.Iw}4obD|Y{lyfW6U>"6zO[Hh)A/ i$@@ PSbcY%> Regardless of when it receives its PEAF funds, a grantee may use the funds for allowable expenditures on or after April 1, 2021. Questions & Answers: Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) For example, suppose a grantees full allotment were $2,876,380. ?GZlH^id=+qK(D"S(|'fR~-#Ux Charles R-October 4, 2022. Families in Louisiana who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits through the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP) or the Kinship Care Subsidy Program (KCSP) are also eligible to receive an additional$250 cash infusion payment up to four times through July 2022 for each eligible household member. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which established a $1 billion Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) to aid needy families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, provides funding for this program.Cash infusion payments are intended to assist TANF families with the increased expenses brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, such as providing emergency food assistance, compensationfor lost wages, supplying clothing allowances, and helping with back-to-school fees, among other essential living needs. Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, $7,905,732 has been allotted to Louisiana in Pandemic Emergency Assistance Funds (PEAF), which are a supplemental [1] The eligible territories are: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Under the law, a grantee must expend reallotted funds within 12 months of receipt of the reallotted funds. hb```E,l?@(EB=/6]P)q}LiC801TP`:0@s7Fdws&`T\-\1{y.DU^7@$(Xl@.LE8v) What can be purchased with these payments? Must expenses be incurred by May 31, 2022 to be eligible for PEAF funds? %%EOF If you are a County Welfare Department or a Community Based Organization, learn more about additional resources to help your clients and the public. For more information on PEAF eligibility and the disbursement process, visit our resources section. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly benefits that help eligible low-income households buy the food they need for good health. Cash assistance for short-term basic needs to help families with mixed immigration status (e.g., citizen children with parents who are not eligible due to their immigration status) who are affected by the pandemic. All grantees are eligible for reallotted funds, unless they have unexpended funds at the end of the expenditure period. If a grantee does choose to offer a benefit without determining an individual episode of need, it would need to be clear that the NRST expenditure was related to the pandemic. A benefit to secure personal protective equipment. Ebt Extra Benefits April 2022 - FoodStampsTalk.com The PEAF II payment is a one-time $47 payment automatically sent to eligible CalWORKs families. Indeed, as we noted above, all PEAF-funded benefits must be designed to address needs arising from the pandemic. Update Your Address Ensure we have your latest address on file. The Child Welfare division works to protect children against abuse and neglect, find permanent homes for Louisiana's foster children and to educate the public on Safe Sleep and Louisiana's Safe Haven Law. If a grantee does not submit a request for an allotment or submits one after the due date, the grantee will lose any claim to the allotment. Individuals receiving FITAP and/or KCSP benefits during the month that a one-time non-recurrent, short-term (NRST) payment is issued. We will distribute reallotted funds based on the original allotment formula. For more information on PEAF eligibility and the disbursement process, visit our resources section. (NRST) benefit payments to FITAP and KCSP recipients to mitigate the impact of a specific crisis situation or episode of need such as an economic crisis, disaster, pandemic, etc. The PEAF payment is limited to one per qualifying child. This means that a grantee could offer the same or different NRSTs from the ones it offers under TANF, as long as they meet the requirements of the PEAF, including adhering to the requirement not to supplant current, Association of Village Council Presidents, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa, Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Res, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska, Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of Flathead Res, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina, Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lower Elwha Tribe of the Lower Elwha Reservation, Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Indian Res, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Robinson Rancheria - California Tribal TANF Partnership, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Res, Sokaogon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band, South Puget Inter-Tribal Planning Agency (SPIPA), Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association, Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohican Indians, Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation CA & OR (aka Smith River), Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, White Mountain Apache Tribe of Fort Apache Res, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (in NE and IA) -- NE, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Native Americans (ANA), Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF), Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR), Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget (OLAB), Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE), Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS), About Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, About Health Profession Opportunity Grants, TANF-ACF-PI-2021-03 (Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund Allotment Request Form), Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund Allotment - States. All grantees must use funds to supplement, and not supplant, other federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local funds. All calls are confidential. A grantee has from April 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022, the end of fiscal year 2022, to expend its initial award. Help us protect Louisiana's children. Report Child Abuse & Neglect: 1-855-4LA-KIDS (1-855-452-5437)toll-free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week We have created a form that allows each grantee to make this election. hbbd```b``N'dY fHR^f@V^SY$_=L, Y2U b2 Given that the fund was created specifically to help address needs arising out of the pandemic, we have determined that NRST benefits that meet Purpose One (provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives) are in line with the PEAF and we do not think benefits meeting the other purposes are. As noted above, if a grantee has not expended all of its funds by that date, HHS will reallot any unused funds to other eligible states, territories, and tribes, which must expend the reallotted funds within 12 months of receipt, as specified in the legislation. Additionally, they. Help us protect Louisiana's children. cover burial expenses for needy families who have had a family member die from COVID-19. They also cannot be used at any retailer to buy jewelry. Grantees may use funds for administrative costs, within limitations. File & Pay Online File your taxes online. The NRST benefits a grantee funds with PEAF need not be the same as the ones funded by TANF. An Office of the Administration for Children & Families, TANF-ACF-PI-2021-02 (The Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund), The PEAF provides funding to states (which includes the District of Columbia), tribes administering a TANF program, and five U.S. territories, Grantees may use funds to provide certain non-recurrent, short term (NRST) benefits, described in more detail below. If DSNAP is activated in your parish, you can use thebenefit estimatorbelow to receive information about the possible benefits you may receive. Featured Can You Get . %PDF-1.6 % If you are a member of a CalWORKs family, learn more about whether your family qualifies and, if so, how you will receive your PEAF II payment. Any such unallotted funds will be reallotted, as discussed below. 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