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The purpose of this Local Commissioners Memorandum (LCM) is to inform social services districts (districts) that $5.4 million in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds are being made available to support services to noncompliant and other at-risk families in receipt of public assistance through the Intensive Case Services ICS) program.
The ICS program seeks to provide enhanced outreach, case management and other services to help recipients of public assistance achieve economic independence and to ensure that program requirements appropriately address client circumstances. Intensive case services support district efforts to identify and address factors that may contribute to program noncompliance and to engage each individual in appropriate work or workpreparation activities to improve the economic well-being of families. Now beginning in its third program year, the ICS program has enhanced district’s efforts to implement creative strategies to more accurately identify and address barriers to full engagement.
The program end date for ICS2 is December 31, 2008, with final claims due by February 15, 2009. The end date for the ICS2 program will not be extended.
This LCM includes base allocations for the ICS3 program and includes instructions describing the plan submission and approval process for districts to receive their respective allocations, a description of program goals and expected outcomes, and program reporting requirements. Base ICS3 allocations will be made available to districts, contingent upon OTDA plan approval, for the program period beginning January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, with final claims due February 15, 2010. OTDA may use prior year unexpended ICS funds to provide supplemental ICS allocations to districts to assist supporting program services for the January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009 program period. Additional information on the supplemental ICS allocation should be available in March 2009.
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