| I believe that the following should be included in TANF
reauthorization legislation: 1. Full family sanctions should be allowed.
They are much more effective in gaining cooperation with the work
requirements than partial family sanctions. Provisions should be included
to insure that clients being sanctioned understand why they are being
sanctioned and what they can do to comply. 2. Work Participation rate for
two parent families should be reduced. In Alabama, our two parent families
have more barriers that need to be addressed before they can become
self-sufficient than other groups. 3. Expand the activities countable for
meeting the federal work participation rate. Allow activities such as
education and counseling. 4. Allow carryover money to be spent on more
than assistance. 5. Stop the clock at the time the person has a hardship
rather than at the end of the five years. 6. Continue to encourage TANF
agencies to address domestic violence issues. 7. Continue the financial
supplements to poor, small states. 8. Reduce the amount of data reported.
Also, get data for bonuses from information already reported instead of
requiring additional and totally separate time-consuming reports.
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