FORM ACF-202 TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT

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1 Overall Report (check one) Two-Parent Report X Apply the overall credit to the two-parent participation rate? Yes No Part 1 Eligibility Changes Made Since FY 2005 (Complete this section for EACH change) Name of eligibility change: Motor Vehicle Equity Limit Implementation date of eligibility change: October 1, 2006 Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Effective October 1, 2006, the motor vehicle equity limit was changed to $10,000 for all licensed and unlicensed vehicles owned by the TANF financial group. The previous equity limit was set at $10,000 for one licensed or unlicensed vehicle owned by the TANF financial group. (supporting materials included in this form): To determine the potential caseload change related to this policy change, a comparison of the Over Resource (OR) closure/denial reason codes from FFY 2007 and FFY 2008 was completed. In FFY07 there were 0 cases closed due to Over Resources and 2 cases denied due to Over Resources. In FFY08 there were 1 cases closed due to Over Resources and 2 cases denied due to Over Resources. The impact due to this policy change is negligible and does not appear to support an increase in caseload. Motor Vehicle Equity Limit Over resources (OR) Closures Prg Over resources (OR) Denials Prg Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in comparison year: None Page 1 of 13

2 Name of eligibility change: Fleeing Felon Implementation date of eligibility change: October 1, 2006 Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Fleeing felons are ineligible to receive TANF. (attach supporting materials to this form): Although the fleeing felon is ineligible to receive TANF, the dependants of the fleeing felon could still be eligible. There is no supporting evidence that the change to the fleeing felon policy caused a reduction in the caseload. Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in comparison year: None Page 2 of 13

3 Name of eligibility change: Number of disqualification levels reduced Implementation date of eligibility change: October 1, 2007 Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Prior to 10/1/07 there were 6 levels of disqualification; this was changed to four levels. (attach supporting materials to this form): The number of DJ4/MA4 in August 07 to DJ5/MA5 in September 07 and the number of DQ3/MQ3 in August 08 to DQ4/MQ4 in September 08 were compared. Cases that existed in both of the months (Aug-Sept) for each of the years and the level of disqualification actually incremented one level between the month of August and September were examined. One case in each period was found, indicating there would be no effect from this policy change. The monthly disqualification files were selected off from the data analysts monthly CMS EOM tables, selecting those persons who had any one of the above codes based upon the need resource coding. Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in comparison year: NONE Page 3 of 13

4 Name of eligibility change: Adjusted Payment Standard Implementation date of eligibility change: October 1, 2007 Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Adjusted Payment Standard increase (supporting materials included in this form): Examined the denial and closures for being over income for each year. Adjusted Payment Standard increase Over income (OI) Closures Prg Over income (OI) Denials Prg The impact due to this policy change is negligible and does not appear to support an increase in caseload. Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in comparison year: None Page 4 of 13

5 Name of eligibility change: Changed definition of deprivation Implementation date of eligibility change: October 1, 2007 Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Amount of time absent parent could spend with children was increased from 12 hours a week to 30 hours a week before eligibility due to deprivation was closed. (supporting materials included in this form): To determine the potential caseload change related to this policy change, a comparison of the No Deprivation (SD) closure/denial reason codes from FFY 2007 and FFY 2008 was completed. In FFY07 there were 9 cases closed due to No Deprivation and 3 cases denied due to No Deprivation. In FFY08 there were 3 cases closed due to No Deprivation and 3 cases denied due to No Deprivation. The impact due to this policy change is negligible and does not appear to support an increase in caseload. Deprivation No Deprivation (SD) Closures Prig No Deprivation (SD) Denials Prig Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in comparison year: None Page 5 of 13

6 Name of eligibility change: Non-Needy caretaker relatives may receive foster care payment Implementation date of eligibility change: January 1, 2008 Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Non-needy caretaker relatives can receive foster care payments without enrolling in TANF, previously the Nonneedy caretaker relatives would be required to receive payments through a TANF case. (attach supporting materials to this form): See overall report for methodology As the two parent families make up only.8% of all TANF cases the increase has no monthly impact on two parent families. Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in comparison year: None Page 6 of 13

7 Name of eligibility change: Postpartum participation exemption time limit increased. Implementation date of eligibility change: October 1, 2007 Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Length of time mother exempt from participation changed from 90 days to six months. (attach supporting materials to this form): Read the Client Maintenance System (CM) end-of-month master files for October 2006 thru September Save a record for every case where a child was born in the prior 6 months and the mother was in the home. Match those records with the corresponding Monthly Statistics (MS) TANF "Flash" files. Save a record for every TANF case & flag which ones met the newborn criteria. Concatenate the 24 monthly TANF files into one. Import to MS Access, run crosstab query & export to Excel. In Excel, calculate cases with newborns as a percentage of total TANF cases. The results for 2007, an average percent of 11.58% and, the result for 2008 an average of 11.55% indicate no increase in TANF caseload was caused by this policy change. Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in comparison year: None Page 7 of 13

8 Oregon (Program) Fiscal Year to which credit applies: 2009 Part 2 Estimate of Caseload Reduction Credit State: Fiscal Year to which credit applies: 2009 Date of Completion: 1/8/2009 PART 2 Estimate of Caseload Reduction Credit -- 2-Parent Caseload Impact of All Changes Caseload Reduction Calculation Motor Vehicle Equity Limit 0 FY 2005 TANF 2-Parent Caseload 725 Fleeing Felon 0 FY 2005 SSP 2-Parent Caseload 0 Disqualification levels 0 Total FY 2005 Caseload 725 Adjusted Payment Standard 0 FY 2008 TANF 2-Parent Caseload 149 Deprivation definition 0 FY 2008 SSP 2-Parent Caseload 202 Relative caretakers 0 Total FY Parent Caseload 351 Postpartum Exemption 0 Excess MOE 2-Parent Cases in FY 2 0 Adjusted FY 2008 Caseload 351 Caseload Decline % Decline Net Impact Parent Caseload Reduction Credit = 51.6% Net Impact 0 Page 8 of 13

9 Motor Vehicle Equity Limit Sep 0 Grand Total Total FY 2008 monthly average 0 Fleening Felon Sep 0 Grand Total Total FY 2008 monthly average 0 Page 9 of 13

10 Number of Disqualification Levels Sep 0 Grand Total Total FY 2008 monthly average 0 Adjusted Payment Standard Sep 0 Grand Total Total FY 2008 monthly average 0 Page 10 of 13

11 Deprivation Definition Sep 0 Grand Total Total FY 2008 monthly average 0 Relative Caretakers Sep 0 Total FY 2008 monthly average Page 11 of 13

12 Postpartum Exemption Sep 0 Grand Total Total FY 2008 monthly average 0 Page 12 of 13

13 PART 3 Certification I certify that we have provided the public an appropriate opportunity to comment on the estimates and methodology used to complete this report and considered those comments in completing it. Further, I certify that this report incorporates all reductions in the caseload resulting from State eligibility changes and changes in Federal requirements since Fiscal Year (Signature) Xochitl Esparza (Name) TANF Program Manager (Title) Page 13 of 13