DECEMBER 9, 2003

PUBLIC NOTICE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: MICHELLE MOWERY JOHNSON (615) 313-4707
OR LISA ELAM (615) 313-5652

FAMILIES FIRST FEDERAL TANF REPORT AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD RUNS FOR TEN DAYS

WHAT: The 2003 Federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Caseload Reduction Report is available for viewing and public comment in DHS district offices listed below and on the DHS website at http://www.tennessee.gov/humanserv/whatsnew.htm
The report is an optional report for states to submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service and is used to determine what credit, if any, a state may receive for its TANF caseload. The credit is then used to reduce the work participation rates a state is required to meet under the TANF law. A state must examine what changes in eligibility were made since Federal Fiscal year 1995 and estimate their positive and negative effects on the caseload.

WHEN: Tuesday, December 9 – Friday, December 19
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: 1000 2nd Avenue, North 1616 Church Street Nashville 37201 Nashville 37203

311 E. Martin Luther King Blvd. 225 Martin Luther King Blvd
Chattanooga 37403 Room 202B
Jackson 38301

170 North Main Street 531 Henley Street / Suite 210
Memphis 38103 Knoxville 37902

MORE: Comments should be made in writing and received by close of business on
Friday, December 19 to the Tennessee Department of Human Services/ Families
First Policy Division at the address listed below.

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