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Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Family Assistance Programs

The Children and Families Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on May 26, 2026. Comments closed on June 25, 2026.

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What the agency says

The Administration for Children and Families proposes to amend the Grants to States for Public Assistance Programs regulations, the General Administration--State Plans and Grant Appeals regulations, the General Administration--Public Assistance Programs regulations, the Training and Use of Subprofessionals and Volunteers regulations, the Coverage and Conditions of Eligibility in Financial Assistance Programs regulations, the Financial Assistance to Individuals regulations, the Administration of Financial Assistance Programs regulations, the Fiscal Administration of Financial Assistance Programs regulations, the General Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Provisions regulations, the Ensuring That Recipients Work regulations, the Accountability Provisions--General regulations, the Expenditures of State and Federal TANF Funds regulations, the Other Accountability Provisions regulations, the Data Collection and Reporting Requirements regulations, the High Performance Bonus Awards regulations, the Implementation of Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act Bonus to Reward Decrease in Illegitimacy Ratio regulations, the Methodology for Determining Whether an Increase in a State or Territory's Child Poverty Rate Is the Result of the TANF Program regulations, the Tribal TANF Provisions regulations, and The Native Employment Works (NEW) Program regulations to eliminate unnecessary or obsolete regulations. The docket on https://www.regulations.gov will include a plain language summary of the NPRM.

Key facts

Document number

2026-10401

Type

Proposed rule

Action

Notice of proposed rulemaking

Agency

Health and Human Services Department; Children and Families Administration

Published

May 26, 2026

Comments due

June 25, 2026

Dates

In order to be considered, written comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before June 25, 2026.

Regulation ID (RIN)

0970-AD38

Code of Federal Regulations

45 CFR 201; 45 CFR 204; 45 CFR 205; 45 CFR 225; 45 CFR 233; 45 CFR 234; 45 CFR 235; 45 CFR 237; 45 CFR 260; 45 CFR 261; 45 CFR 262; 45 CFR 263; 45 CFR 264; 45 CFR 265; 45 CFR 270; 45 CFR 283; 45 CFR 284; 45 CFR 286; 45 CFR 287

Topics

Administrative practice and procedure; Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Aliens; Computer technology; Day care; Employment; Family planning; Fraud; Grant programs-social programs; Guam; Health care; Health statistics; Indians; Loan programs-social programs; Manpower training programs; Penalties; Privacy; Public assistance programs; Puerto Rico; Rent subsidies; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Virgin Islands; Volunteers; Wages

Pages

20

The document on federalregister.gov PDF

Other documents from the Children and Families Administration

Everything from the Children and Families Administration · Rules on administrative practice and procedure · Rules on aid to families with dependent children · Rules on aliens · Published in May 2026

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