Notice2025-21106
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program State Plan Guidance
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Published
November 26, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program State Plan Guidance (TANF Program State Plan; Office of Management and Budget #0970-0145, expiration October 31, 2025). There are no changes requested to this information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 54330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21106]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB #: 0970-0145]
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program State Plan Guidance
AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting a 3-year extension of the Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) Program State Plan Guidance (TANF Program State Plan;
Office of Management and Budget #0970-0145, expiration October 31,
2025). There are no changes requested to this information collection.
DATES: Comments due December 26, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The public may view and comment on this information
collection request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202511-0970-008">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202511-0970-008</a>. You can also obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#751c1b131a161a19191016011c1a1b351416135b1d1d065b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9df4f3fbf2fef2f1f1f8fee9f4f2f3ddfcfefbb3f5f5eeb3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The TANF Program State Plan is a mandatory statement
submitted to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services by the state. 42 U.S.C. 602. It consists of an outline
specifying how the state's TANF program will be administered and
operated and contains certain required certifications by the state's
Chief Executive Officer. 42 U.S.C. 602(a). It is used to provide the
public with information about the program. 42 U.S.C. 602(c). Authority
to require states to submit a State TANF Plan is contained in section
402 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602), as amended by the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996, Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105. States are required to submit
new plans within a 27-month period. 42 U.S.C. 602(a).
Respondents: The 50 states of the U.S, the District of Columbia,
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Annual Burden Estimates
The state TANF plan requirements for the 54 states (which includes
three territories and the District of Columbia) will create a triennial
burden with an average of 18 states responding annually. We estimate
the annual burden to be an average of 30 hours per response. We also
estimate that the triennial burden of plan amendments for the 54
states, with an average of 18 respondents annually spending
approximately 3 hours per response.
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Total number
Total number of annual Average burden Annual burden
Instrument of respondents responses per hours per hours
per year respondent response
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Title Amendments................................ 18 1 3 54
State TANF plan................................. 18 1 30 540
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 594
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 602.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-21106 Filed 11-25-25; 8:45 am]
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