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(1,406 posts)Well I know it is not made of cheese because we landed on it and have never returned, just like the commercial said.
In the Federal Budget the Section pertaining to TANF is called "Public Welfare", it used to be called AFDC.
Admin cost do have caps there are also paragraphs of exclusions to those Admin Costs.
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
By statute, each State is subject to separate 15-percent caps on the amount of the Federal and MOE funds it may spend on administrative activities. Under the final rules, information technology costs related to monitoring and tracking of TANF requirements are excluded from both these caps.
"Administrative costs" is defined as costs necessary for the proper administration of the TANF program or separate State programs. It includes the costs for general administration, eligibility determination, and program coordination, including indirect (or overhead) costs.
The definition does not include the direct costs (including salaries and benefits) associated with providing program services, such as diversion benefits, case management, job development, and post-employment supports, screenings and assessments, and the development of employability plans and work services.
Expenditures for contract activities are treated as program or administrative costs based on the nature or purpose of the contract.
As the old saying goes. Figures Lie and Liars figure. Not everything is so clear. It was also my intention of stating that those dollars are not reaching the people that need it the most.