FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________
Fiscal Year to which credit applies: FY 2008
Overall Report xx
Two-parent Report
(check one)

Apply the overall credit to the two-parent participation rate? ____ yes  xx__ no

PART 1 –Eligibility Changes Made Since FY 2005
(Complete this section for EACH change)

1.   Name of eligibility change: Solely State Funded (SSF) Program

2.   Implementation date of eligibility change: October 1, 2006

3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Effective 
October 1, 2006, Delaware began funding all two-parent families and certain 
disabled families that have been determined by a medical review board as unable 
to engage in work activities using State funds that are not claimed to meet the 
“maintenance-of-effort” (MOE) requirement. Previously, these same families were 
funded with State funds in a Separate State Program whose expenditures were 
claimed for MOE.

4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change (attach supporting materials to this form): Delaware is 
tracking the actual cases and the length of time they stay in the SSF program. 
The monthly case counts and decay rate are reported in the monthly case counts 
in Section II of the report to calculate the impact of transferring these cases 
from the TANF caseload. (See the excel spreadsheet in Part 2.)

5.   Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in 
comparison year: -309 cases/month

OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________ Fiscal Year to which credit applies: FY 
2008

1.   Name of eligibility change: Non-Assistance (Diversion) Program

2.   Implementation date of eligibility change: October 1, 2006

3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Delaware’s 
“Non-Assistance” Program is intended to identify and address the temporary needs 
of clients, who while eligible for TANF, may benefit from a short-term program 
of services and benefits. The short-term program of up to 4-months worth of cash 
benefits in a fiscal year supports selected clients, while also protecting their 
future access to the time-limited TANF program, if needed. Families who require 
on-going assistance after four months of participation in the non-assistance 
program are enrolled in the TANF program. Based on their circumstances and 
situation, the Division of Social Services selects the individual families to 
participate in 
the time-limited non-assistance program. The non-assistance program is funded 
with federal TANF funds and State MOE funds.

4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change:(attach supporting materials to this form): Delaware is 
tracking the actual cases and the length of time they stay in the Non-Assistance 
program. The monthly case counts and decay rate are reported in the monthly case 
counts in Section II of the report to calculate the impact of diverting these 
cases from the TANF caseload. (See the excel spreadsheet in Part 2.)

5.   Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in 
comparison year: -450 cases/month

OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________  Fiscal Year to which credit applies: FY 
2008

1.   Name of eligibility change: Pre-participation requirement and Immediate 
Full-Family Sanction

2.   Implementation date of eligibility change: November 2006

3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Applicants 
are required to complete two consecutive weeks of full compliance with 
employment and training (participation) requirements prior to grant approval. 
The grant is calculated back to the later of the date of application or the 
start of full compliance. Once approved, clients who do not meet their 
participation requirements will have their TANF case closed for at least one 
month, or until they participate for four consecutive weeks, whichever is 
longer. Previous policy required clients to begin work participation once the 
grant had been approved and imposed a 3-step progressive sanction for failing to 
meet the Contract of Mutual Responsibility self-sufficiency requirements. In the 
first step, benefits were reduced by 1/3 until compliance or up to two months; 
the second step was a 2/3 reduction in benefits for two months; and if the 
client had not complied, a permanent (non-curable) full-family sanction was 
imposed in the fourth month.

4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change:(attach supporting materials to this form): The 
methodology compares the application denials for failure to meet pre-
participation work requirements and case terminations for failure to meet work 
requirements since the new policy was implemented in November of 2006 with 
comparable permanent, full-family sanctions under the prior policy. The 
methodology probably overstates the impact, since under the current policy 
applicants can cure by complying for two weeks and former recipients by 
complying for four consecutive weeks, whereas the former full-family sanction 
could not be cured; however, data is not available on the number of 
denials/sanctions that are subsequently cured. (See the excel spreadsheet in 
Part 2.)

5.   Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in 
comparison year: -20 cases/month

OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________   Fiscal Year to which credit applies: FY 
2008

1.   Name of eligibility change: Exempt a single custodial parent of a child 
under 12 months of age from work requirements

2.   Implementation date of eligibility change: December 2006

3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy: Delaware has 
adopted the option under 45 CFR 261.22 (c)(1) of not requiring a single 
custodial parent caring for a child under the age of one to engage in work and 
under (c)(2) to disregard such a parent from the participation rate calculation 
for a maximum of 12 months. Under the prior policy, a single custodial parent 
was exempt from participation requirements for only the first 12 weeks after the 
birth of the child.

4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change: (attach supporting materials to this form): Under the 
prior policy, over 50% of all single, custodial parents were sanctioned off the 
rolls for failure to meet work requirements beginning in the 13th week. The 
methodology uses 50% of the actual number of single custodial parents who have 
been exempted from the work requirements in FY 2007, with their decay rate. (See 
the excel spreadsheet in Part 2.)

5.   Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in 
comparison year: 136 cases/month
OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT

State: _Delaware _____________________  Fiscal Year to which credit applies: FY 
2008
1.   Name of eligibility change:
2.   Implementation date of eligibility change:
3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy:
4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change: (attach supporting materials to this form)

OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________   Fiscal Year to which credit applies: FY 
2008
5.   Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in 
comparison year:
1.   Name of eligibility change:
2.   Implementation date of eligibility change:
3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy:
4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change: (attach supporting materials to this form)

OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________                 Fiscal Year to which 
credit applies: FY 2008
1.   Name of eligibility change:
2.   Implementation date of eligibility change:
3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy:
4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change: (attach supporting materials to this form)
OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT

State: _Delaware _____________________                 Fiscal Year to which 
credit applies: FY 2008
5.   Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in 
comparison year:
1.   Name of eligibility change:
2.   Implementation date of eligibility change:
3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy:
4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change: (attach supporting materials to this form)

OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________                 Fiscal Year to which 
credit applies: FY 2008
5.   Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in 
comparison year:
1.   Name of eligibility change:
2.   Implementation date of eligibility change:
3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy:
4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change: (attach supporting materials to this form)

OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________                 Fiscal Year to which 
credit applies: FY 2008
5.   Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in 
comparison year:
1.   Name of eligibility change:
2.   Implementation date of eligibility change:
3.   Description of policy, including the change from prior policy:
4.   Description of the methodology used to calculate the estimated impact of 
this eligibility change: (attach supporting materials to this form)

OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009

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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________                 Fiscal Year to which 
credit applies: FY 2008
5.   Estimated average monthly impact of this eligibility change on caseload in 
comparison year:
OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009
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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: _Delaware _____________________
Fiscal Year to which credit applies: FY 2008
PART 2 – Estimate of Caseload Reduction Credit

1 Delaware Caseload Reduction Credit Methodology FY 2008
2 Average Overall Monthly Caseload FY 2005  5,734
3 Average Overall Monthly Caseload FY 2007  4,116
4 Actual Caseload Decline (D2 - D3) 1,618
5 Net Impact of Eligibility Changes -643
6 Net Caseload Declince 975
7 Net Percentage Reduction (D6 / D2) 17.0%
8 Initial Required Participation (50% Minus F7) 33.0%
9 FY 2007 Total Federal Expenditures  $22,899,480
10 FY 2007 Total MOE Expenditures  $39,543,576
11 Total TANF/MOE Spending (D9 + D10) $62,443,056
12 Average total spending per case (D11 / D3) $15,171
13 FY 2007 Federal "Assistance" Expenditures  $12,282,746
14 FY 2007 MOE "Assistance" Expenditures $4,129,807
15 FY 2007 Total "Assistance" Spending (D13 + D14) $16,412,553
16 Average "assistance" spending/case (D15 / D3) $3,988
17 80% MOE Requirement  $23,222,474
18 Excess MOE Spending (D10 - D17) $16,321,102
19 Excess "Assistance" Spending (D15 / D11 * D18) $4,289,844
20 "Assistance" Cases Funded by Excess MOE (D19 / D16) 1,075
21 Caseload Minus Excess MOE-Funded Cases (D3 - D20) 3,040
22 Caseload Decline Adjusted for Excess MOE(D2 - D21) 2,051
23 Caseload Reduction Adjusted for Excess MOE (D22 / D2) 35.8%
24 Required Participation with Excess MOE (50% Minus D23) 14.2%
25

(See Part II attached.)
OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009
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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT
State: __Delaware __________________                Fiscal Year to which 
credit applies: FY 2008
PART 3 -- Certification
I certify that we have provided the public an appropriate opportunity to comment 
on the estimates and methodology used to complete this report and considered 
those comments in completing it. Further, I certify that this report 
incorporates all reductions in the caseload resulting from State eligibility 
changes and changes in Federal requirements since Fiscal Year 2005.
(signature)
Elaine Archangelo ____________________________________________
(name)
Director, Division of Social Services, Delaware Dept. of Health and Social 
Services
(title)
OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309      Expiration Date: 09/30/2009
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FORM ACF-202 – TANF CASELOAD REDUCTION REPORT

Fiscal Year to which credit applies: FY 2008

PART 2 – Estimate of Net Caseload Decline
Impact of All Changes 

Solely State Funded -309
Non-Assistance (Diversion) -450
Pre-participation --Sanction -20
Exempt Child Under 1 136

Caseload Reduction Calculation


FY 2005 TANF Caseload 5,606

FY 2005 SSP Caseload 128

Total FY 2005 Caseload 5,734

FY TANF Caseload 4,116

FY SSP Caseload 0

Total FY Caseload 4,116

Actual Decline 1,618

Decline – Net Impact 975  28.2%

Net Caseload Decline Before Excess MOE =      17.0%
Net Impact -643

OMB Approval No.: 0970-0309 Expiration Date: 09/30/2009


Solely State Funded Assistance Not Claimed for MOE

Impact on Each Month in FY ?

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 

Time of Closure

Prior year 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oct -127 -105 -74 -51 -45 -38 -33 -27 -19 -17 -15 -14

Nov -19 -15 -10 -8 -6 -3 -2 -1 -1 -1 -1

Dec -6 -5 -5 -3 -2 -1 0 0 0 0

Jan -8 -7 -4 -3 -2 -1 -1 -1 -1

Feb -349 -245 -174 -141 -105 -87 -63 -56

Mar -111 -89 -71 -49 -37 -26 -22

Apr -98 -79 -57 -44 -30 -27

May -90 -64 -48 -33 -28

Jun -94 -72 -57 -46

Jul -108 -84 -70

Aug -103 -83

Sep -82

Total -127 -124 -95 -74 -414 -407 -402 -413 -390 -415 -413 -430

GrandTotal -3,704

FY ? monthly average -309


Non-Assistance (Diversion) Program

Impact on Each Month in FY ?

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

Time of Closure

Prior year 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oct -768 -670 -565 -465 -303

Nov -126 -111 -95 -80

Dec -106 -85 -65 -44

Jan -102 -83 -56 -35

Feb -104 -70 -48 -32

Mar -110 -59 -41 -28

Apr -98 -68 -36 -22

May -90 -64 -38 -23

Jun -94 -54 -34 -17

Jul -118 -77 -43

Aug -109 -77

Sep -82
 
Total -768 -796 -782 -747 -635 -280 -240 -231 -222 -232 -243 -219

Grand Total -5,395

FY ? monthly average -450

Pre-Participation Requirement-Full-family Sanction for Failure to Meet Work 
Requirements

Impact on Each Month in FY ?

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

Time of Closure


Prior year 176 159 167 169 192 194 151 148 148 156 179 154

Oct 113

Nov -99

Dec -164

Jan -261

Feb -219

Mar -264

Apr -264

May -192

Jun -205

Jul -228

Aug -223

Sep -228
 
Total 289 60 3 -92 -27 -70 -113 -44 -57 -72 -44 -74

Grand Total -241


FY ? monthly average -20



Exempt mother of child under 1 from work requirements

Impact on Each Month in FY ?

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

Time of Closure

Prior years carryover 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oct

Nov

Dec 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0

Jan 22 21 20 18 15 13 11 9 8

Feb 52 51 47 43 37 33 30 28

Mar 95 87 81 73 64 59 53

Apr 42 37 33 29 26 23

May 32 28 24 21 19

Jun 32 28 24 21

Jul 39 33 29

Aug 39 31

Sep 51

Total0 0 3 25 76 168 196 210 17 229 242 263

Grand Total 1,629

FY ? monthly average 136