2026 tanf

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Arkansas Department of Human Services $141,364,100 in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant funding on October 1, 2025, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.

TANF supports needy families with children by enabling children to remain in their own homes or with relatives, promoting job preparation and work among needy parents, preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and encouraging two-parent family formation and maintenance. Arkansas will deliver these assistance activities statewide under its TANF plan, with performance concentrated in Arkansas.

The award obligates $141,364,100 in block grant assistance. Funding flows in quarterly payments following ACF's determination that Arkansas's plan is complete. Arkansas must maintain TANF operations consistent with its state plan and federal requirements under 2 CFR Part 200 and HHS-specific provisions in 2 CFR Part 300, effective October 1, 2025. Records containing information required by 45 CFR 205.60 must be maintained, and the state remains subject to audit by the Inspector General under 31 U.S.C. Chapter 75. Any violation of statute results in a reduction of the following fiscal year's award in the same amount.