Tribal Self-Governance Study
Description of Program,
Service, Function or Activity (PSFA)
INVENTORY
1. Agency Name: Administration for Children and Families
2. Program Name: Social Services Research and Demonstration Program
3. CFDA #: 93.647
4. Program Objectives: To promote the ability of families to be financially self-sufficient, and to promote the healthy development and greater social well-being of children and families
5. Titles and Descriptions of at least Three Funded Grantees:
New Hampshire Employment and Training Program Process and Outcome Study: (New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services) - The overall objectives of this study are to examine the planning, funding, and implementation of the state's welfare program and its different components at the state and local level. This examination will include documenting the organization and staffing of New Hampshire's program and observing and documenting service delivery processes; describing client flow and participation; and analyzing participant outcomes in terms of key variables such as employment and earnings and family structure and stability.
New Jersey Substance Abuse Research Demonstration: (The Mount Sinai School of Medicine) - This evaluation will provide information about the effectiveness of a type of evaluation several states are experimenting with to move substance abusing welfare clients toward self-sufficiency.
Youth Employment and Training Initiative: (Illinois Department of Human Services) - This project involves the state completing an evaluation of the Youth Employment and Training Initiative (YETI) which operated as a welfare reform demonstration from November 1993 until July 1997 when Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) was implemented in the state.
AUTHORITY
6. Authorizing Statute(s): Social Security Act, Title XI, Section 1110, as amended by Public Laws 86-778, 88-452, 90-248, 96-265, and 99-190; 42 U.S.C.1310
7. Regulatory/Administrative Requirements: Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts are awarded for innovative research, demonstrations, and evaluations that are responsive to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) program priorities. All applications must meet standards of excellence in research, demonstration, or evaluation.
8. Mandatory Statutory Changes Needed to Operate PSFA as a Demonstration: Authority would need to modify the grant making process, enable the Department to make self-governance funding awards, and alter federal monitoringing mandates.
APPLICANTS, BENEFICIARIES and FORMULAS
9. Type of Funding: Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts
10. Eligible Applicants: Grants and cooperative agreements may be made to or with governmental entities, colleges, universities, nonprofit and for-profit organizations (if fee is waived). Contracts may be awarded to nonprofit or for-profit organizations. Grants or cooperative agreements cannot be made directly to individuals.
11. Allotment Formulas, Etc.: Discretionary
12. Applicant Provisions/Allotments in Law for Indians: N/A
13. Eligible Beneficiaries: Low-income individuals, children, youth, families, individuals with developmental disabilities, and Native Americans.
14. Beneficiary Provisions/Allotments in Law for Indians: N/A
15. Amount and Percent of Total that is Mandatory for Indians: N/A
FINANCIAL
16. Total FY 2000 Funding: $12,500,000
17. Amount and Percent of Total Funding Awarded to Indians: None
18. For Awards to Tribes: Number, Range and Average Amounts: None
19. Total FY 2001 Funding and Amount for Indians, If Known: Not known
OTHER
20. -- how long assistance is funded - Varies
-- fund use restrictions - To research, demonstrations, and evlauations
-- reporting requirements - As per agency's Grants Administration Manual
-- audit requirements - As per agency's Grants Administration Manual
CONTACTS
21. DHHS Workgroup Contact:
22. HHS Agency/Program Contact: K.A. Jagannathan
(202) 205-4829