(a) Notwithstanding a law to the contrary, the commissioner shall include in the annual block grant report submitted pursuant to § 9-4-5404, information detailing the department‘s access to the use of federal TANF funds as described in subsection (b).
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-1-125

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-1-102
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-1-102
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The report described in subsection (a) must include information detailing the department’s access to and use of federal TANF funds during the previous federal fiscal year, subtotaled by the four (4) purposes of the TANF program, as described by 45 C.F.R. § 260.20, for which the funds were expended, including overall spending and the number of contracts through which services or assistance were provided in furtherance of each respective purpose.
(c) For purposes of this section, “federal TANF funds” means the state‘s temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program administered by the department.
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