United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-04-27 monographic deposited born digital 90 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-00-48 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-48 P0b002ee180399910 f:he00048 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-48 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-48 HEHS-00-48 Public assistance programs Workfare Federal/state relations State-administered programs Program graduation Disadvantaged persons Management information systems Accountability Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program HHS Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program AFDC Food Stamp Program Medicaid Program Georgia New Jersey Ohio Texas Washington Wisconsin Chapter Report HEHS

GAO examined the ability of the states' automated systems to provide information needed for state and local officials to help low-income individuals with children obtain employment and become economically independent. GAO found that better systems would help ensure that the intended goals and requirements of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), such as promoting work and enforcing the five-year time limit on aid, are met. Many of the obstacles states face may be best addressed at the state level, such as the need for collaboration among state and local agencies. However, coordinated federal action would help address several of the obstacles the states encounter as they take steps to improve their automated systems for social programs. However, no group or organization formally brings together the array of federal agencies involved in welfare reform to help devise solutions to the issues the states face in improving their welfare and welfare-related automated systems. Health and Human Services could play a pivotal role in orchestrating such a broad-based collaborative approach by bringing representatives of key federal agencies and other organizations together to work on these issues. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-48/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-48.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-48/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-48.pdf GAO/HEHS-00-48 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-48 Chapter Report GAO/HEHS-00-48; Welfare Reform: Improving State Automated Systems Requires; Public assistance programs Workfare Federal/state relations State-administered programs Program graduation Disadvantaged persons Management information systems Accountability Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program HHS Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program AFDC Food Stamp Program Medicaid Program Georgia New Jersey Ohio Texas Washington Wisconsin Title 42 Section 607 42 U.S.C. 607 Public Law 104-193 Public Law 105-220