2026 tanf

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance $9.693 billion in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant funding on October 1, 2025, for the period through September 30, 2026. CFDA 93.558.

TANF supports needy families with children through job preparation, work, and marriage promotion; prevention of out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and encouragement of two-parent family formation and maintenance. The program issues awards to States and the District of Columbia, Territories, and Indian Tribes to enable children to be cared for in their own homes or in relatives' homes.

New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance administers the TANF block grant across New York State, distributing pass-through allocations to county social services departments and municipal agencies. The recipient manages statewide program coordination, compliance, and performance reporting. Sub-recipients include county departments in Jefferson, Washington, Albany, Rockland, Dutchess, Tompkins, Warren, Nassau, Monroe, Ontario, Cayuga, Orleans, Oneida, Lewis, Montgomery, Seneca, Franklin, Fulton, Cortland, Schenectady, Greene, Chautauqua, Erie, Suffolk, Schoharie, Niagara, Chemung, Broome, Saratoga, Herkimer, Rensselaer, Madison, Steuben, Onondaga, Westchester, St. Lawrence, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Wyoming, Yates, Essex, and Livingston Counties; New York City Department of Social Services; and County of Orange. Sub-recipients administer TANF assistance programs including cash benefits, employment and training, emergency assistance, child care subsidies, child support enforcement, and family stabilization services at the local level. Place of performance is New York State.