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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 3700 (Introduced in Senate) — To reauthorize the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purpo... · Sec. 105

Sec. 105. Demonstration projects and improved data collection to improve engagement and outcomes

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Section 415 ( 42 U.S.C. 615 ) is amended to read as follows: In this section: The term engagement strategies means, with respect to a State carrying out a demonstration project under subsection (b), such policies, procedures, and activities as the State and Secretary shall determine necessary to achieve the desired outcomes of the project. The term poverty line has the meaning given that term in section 2110(c)(5). The term State has the meaning given that term in section 419(5). The term State TANF program means the State program funded under this part and includes a tribal program carried out under section 412. Not later than October 1, 2019, from the amounts reserved under paragraph
(7)to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall select and award grants to up to 10 States to develop and carry out demonstration projects for the purposes of evaluating the impact of different engagement strategies in State TANF programs on employment, earnings, family stability, and other outcomes on a subset of families in the State with a work-eligible individual who receive assistance under such programs. In selecting and awarding grantees, the Secretary shall prioritize regional diversity and select demonstration projects that represent both urban and rural populations. In order to be selected to carry out a demonstration project under this subsection, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall require. The Secretary, in collaboration with the States selected to carry out demonstration projects under this subsection, shall determine a core set of outcomes and measures that the States carrying out such projects shall report on. At a minimum, the core set of outcomes and measures shall include standard measures of employment, earnings, program participation, receipt of means-tested benefits or assistance, poverty, and deep poverty that have been included in previous evaluations of this type for the 4 years following the quarter in which such individuals first participated in the project. In addition to the core set of outcomes and measures, a State carrying out a demonstration project under this subsection may select and specify supplemental targeted outcomes the State seeks to achieve through the demonstration project and how such outcomes shall be measured. If a State demonstration project focuses on intensive employment and training engagement strategies, to the extent possible, the State shall ensure the outcome measures align with those used under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). All families participating in a demonstration project carried out under this subsection must be families with a work-eligible individual where the family is receiving assistance under the State TANF program when the family's participation in the demonstration project begins and may continue to participate in the demonstration project without regard to whether the family continues to receive such assistance. A State carrying out a demonstration project under this subsection shall establish a valid random assignment control group on behalf of whom the State (or, if applicable, a county or other political subdivision of the State) shall continue to operate the traditional State TANF program in order to compare outcomes for families participating in the demonstration project with outcomes for families in the control group. In addition to the up to 10 States selected to carry out a demonstration project under this subsection, the Secretary shall select at least 1, but not more than 3, Indian tribes with a tribal family assistance plan approved under section 412 with which to work on related implementation and outcomes studies to improve the engagement of and outcomes for tribal families with a work-eligible individual. Each State carrying out a demonstration project under this subsection shall be authorized to enroll new participants in the demonstration group or control group for not more than 4 years from the date on which any work-eligible individuals first begin to participate in the project. The Secretary may allow for additional time to operate the demonstration project after the time to enroll new participants has expired for the purposes of evaluating the impacts of the demonstration projects. With respect to the families participating in a demonstration project carried out under this subsection, the Secretary shall suspend compliance with any requirement under section 407 for families participating in the project which, if applied, would prevent the State from carrying out the demonstration project or prevent the State from effectively achieving the purposes of the project for the period during which the project is carried out. The Secretary, through grant, contract, or interagency agreement, shall evaluate the demonstration projects carried out under this subsection by comparing the employment, earnings, program participation, receipt of means-tested benefits or assistance, poverty, deep poverty, and other specific outcomes of families participating in the projects with the employment, earnings, and same specific outcomes for the families in the control groups for the projects. In addition, the evaluation shall analyze the relationships between engagement strategies, performance measures, and impacts of the engagement strategies, along with such other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate. Beginning October 1, 2021, and until all evaluations of the demonstration projects are complete, the Secretary shall annually submit to Congress reports containing— analyses of the demographic characteristics of the individuals who participated in the demonstration projects carried out under this subsection with the demographics of the individuals in the control groups for the projects; analyses of the design, interventions, and objectives of the projects; the most recent available results of the evaluation described in paragraph (5); and recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate. For each fiscal year in which demonstration projects are developed or carried out under this subsection, the Secretary shall use amounts made available under section 413(h)(1) for the fiscal year to carry out this subsection. . Section 411(a) is amended— by redesignating paragraph
(7)as paragraph (8); and by inserting after paragraph (6), the following: Each eligible State and the Secretary shall enter into an agreement specifying the manner by which the information and data described in this paragraph shall be collected and reported to the Secretary. Information and data regarding individuals in families who formerly received assistance under the State program funded under this part or under any State program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) and were work-eligible individuals before the family ceased receiving assistance, with respect to the following: The following data determined for the 1st and 4th full quarters ending after the quarter of exit from assistance: The percentage of such individuals who have any level of earnings. The percentage of such individuals who have earnings at or below 50 percent of the poverty line applicable to the quarter. The distribution of income and earnings of such individuals relative to the poverty line. The percentage of such individuals receiving supplemental nutrition program benefits (as defined in section 3(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(t) ) for the quarter. The percentage of such individuals receiving medical assistance under a State plan or a waiver of such plan under title XIX for the quarter. The percentage of such individuals who are in unsubsidized employment during the 2d quarter after exiting from the program. The percentage of such individuals who are in unsubsidized employment during the 4th quarter after exiting from the program. The median earnings of such individuals who are in unsubsidized employment during the 2d quarter after exiting from the program. In the case of work-eligible individuals in families who received assistance under the State program funded under this part or under any State program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), the following information and data relative to a reference quarter: Employment and earnings in each of the 4 quarters prior to the reference quarter. Standard measures of employment, earnings, receipt of assistance, and participation in work activities (as defined in section 407(d)) in each of the 4 quarters following the reference quarter. With respect to the populations described in subparagraph
(B)or (C)— such other information or data as the Secretary may require; and such other measures of employment, earnings, program participation, receipt of means-tested benefits or assistance, and poverty as the Secretary may require and which, to the greatest extent practicable, shall be based on the information required for State performance reports under section 116(d)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3141(d)(2) ). The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and relevant experts, shall commission a study to develop recommendations on how to and disseminate an objective statistical model that will allow the Secretary to make adjustments to data reported pursuant to this paragraph based on actual economic conditions and the characteristics of participants. To the extent practicable, the recommendations shall be compatible with the statistical adjustment model developed under subparagraph (A)(viii) of section 116(b)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(3)(A)(viii) ) and, with respect to a State, the State adjusted levels of performance established for the State under that section. . Paragraph
(8)of section 411(a), as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A), is amended by inserting and with respect to the information required under paragraph
(7)before the period.
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Sec. 105
Demonstration projects and improved data collection to improve engagement and outcomes
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