2026 tanf

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the New Jersey Department of Human Services $1.006753770 billion in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF, CFDA 93.558) block grant funding on October 1, 2025, for the period through September 30, 2026. The funding supports cash assistance, employment training, child care support, and housing crisis intervention to needy families with children in New Jersey; the program aims to promote job preparation, work, and marriage while preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies and encouraging two-parent family formation.

The New Jersey Department of Human Services distributed this allocation across 21 county social services agencies and community-based organizations as sub-recipients. Sub-award activities include Short-Term Support for Housing (SSH) programs providing up to four months of non-recurring housing assistance to homeless or at-risk families; Transportation Programs funding work-directed transportation for TANF-eligible participants; County Social Services Administration (CSSA) support covering TANF, case management, SNAP, and Community Services Program administrative costs; Seasonal Agricultural Intensive Farming (SAIF) intensive case management to move clients toward self-support within twenty-four months; and the Work First New Jersey Substance Abuse/Behavioral Health Initiative delivering managed care assessment, coordination, and linkage to treatment for TANF and General Assistance clients with substance use or mental health barriers to employment. Sub-recipients include county boards of social services in Atlantic, Bergen, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Sussex, and Union Counties; Legal Services of New Jersey providing legal representation for welfare recipients seeking Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance benefits; National Center for Advocacy and Recovery delivering substance abuse and behavioral health services; Center for Family Services providing intensive case management; New Community Corporation offering workforce and self-sufficiency support; Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark delivering case management; Care Plus NJ providing mental health and behavioral health intervention; and Rutgers University School of Social Work delivering training and professional development for child care providers and participants.

Place of performance is New Jersey, USA.