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Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) provides cash assistance to low income families with children. ADC is funded by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
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2024 Nebraska State Plan for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - Draft

The State of Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services is accepting public comments on the proposed 2024 Nebraska State Plan Renewal for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program​. The public comment period will begin January 2, 2024, and end February 15, 2024. 

For those who want a paper copy of the State Plan send an electronic or written request to the address listed below or call William Varicak at (402) 310-8765.  

Comments must be received before 5:00 PM CT, February 15, 2024. All comments must be submitted by written or electronic mailing to: 

William Varicak
TANF Program Manager
Division of Children and Family Services
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
will.varicak@nebraska.gov


Form ACF-202 TANF Caseload Reduction Report

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Federal Department of Health and Human Services requires the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to meet certain Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) work participation requirements. ​To assist in meeting these requirements, federal regulations allow Nebraska to deduct the number of percentage points when the average monthly number of families receiving assistance in the preceding fiscal year is less than the average monthly number of families that received assistance in fiscal year 2005. This is termed the TANF Caseload Reduction Credit.

However, federal statutes prohibit the Caseload Reduction Credit from including any TANF caseload declines related to the change in federal requirements or state eligibility criteria. These estimated changes and corresponding methodologies are reported in the federal ACF-202 report.  

For this report to be complete, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services must provide appropriate opportunity for public comment on these estimates and methodologies used to calculate the Caseload Reduction Credit.

Download a copy of Nebraska's TANF Caseload Reduction Report​ for public review and comment. 

ACF202-24 Cover letter​

Send written comments by 18th January 2024 to:

​     Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
     Financial Services
     P. O. Box 95026
     Lincoln, NE  68509-5026
     E-mail: prav.pavuluri@nebraska.gov

Dated this 27th day of December, 2023

Snita Soni, FAPA Administrator 

Financial Services

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services


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Nebraska's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Work Verification Plan (October 2021)

Employment First is the nam​e of Nebraska's welfare reform program. The primary purpose of Employment First is to provide temporary, transitional support for Nebraska families so that economic self-sufficiency is attained in as expeditious a manner as possible through the provision of training, education, and employment preparation. ​View the TANF Work Verification Plan​.​

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) Expenditure Plan - October 2023​



What you should know:
  • Adults who are able to work are provided services through the Employment First (EF) program, to assist them in gaining and maintaining employment.
  • ADC families where the parent(s) are capable of attaining independence are limited to receiving 60 months of cash assistance in a lifetime. The time period begins with the first month a family receives ADC.
  • Families where the adults are not the parent of the child, the parent is disabled or otherwise found to be unable to work are not time-limited. 
  • Adults who receive ADC are required to cooperate with Child Support Enforcement in relation to any parents who are absent from the home.