# Methodology for Determining Whether an Increase in a State or Territory's Child Poverty Rate Is the Result of the TANF Program
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2000-06-23 · Effective 2000-08-22 · 65 FR 39234
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-15714
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 39234
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 284
- **Publication date:** 2000-06-23
- **Effective date:** 2000-08-22
## Abstract

This final rule establishes the methodology the Administration for Children and Families will use to determine the child poverty rate in each State and Territory. If any jurisdiction experiences an increase in its child poverty rate of five percent or more as a result of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the State or Territory must submit and implement a corrective action plan. This requirement is a part of the TANF program, the welfare reform block grant enacted in 1996.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/06/23/00-15714/methodology-for-determining-whether-an-increase-in-a-state-or-territorys-child-poverty-rate-is-the)
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