{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/63.2-601.1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/63.2-601.1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/63.2-601.1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/63.2-601.1.html"}],"law_id":84417,"edition_id":1,"section_id":84417,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-601.1","catch_line":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund established","history":"2011, cc. 4, 857.","full_text":"A\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund, hereafter referred to as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All donations and contributions to the Fund and such moneys as shall be appropriated by the General Assembly shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in this section. Moneys in the Fund shall be used to:1\n\nSupplement the assistance provided through the Department&#8217;s administration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant; and2\n\nAssist the Commonwealth in maximizing the amount of funds available to serve the stated purposes of the TANF program by leveraging individual, corporate, and charitable donations.B\n\nExpenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Commissioner. Up to 10 percent of the Fund may be used to pay the Department&#8217;s expenses in administering the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program.C\n\nThe Department shall administer the Fund in accordance with the provisions of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":302590,"text":"There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund, hereafter referred to as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All donations and contributions to the Fund and such moneys as shall be appropriated by the General Assembly shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in this section. Moneys in the Fund shall be used to:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":302591,"text":"Supplement the assistance provided through the Department&#8217;s administration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":302592,"text":"Assist the Commonwealth in maximizing the amount of funds available to serve the stated purposes of the TANF program by leveraging individual, corporate, and charitable donations.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"B"},"3":{"id":302593,"text":"Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Commissioner. Up to 10 percent of the Fund may be used to pay the Department&#8217;s expenses in administering the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"C"},"4":{"id":302594,"text":"The Department shall administer the Fund in accordance with the provisions of this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14661,"edition_id":1,"name":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14331,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:11","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:11","permalink":{"id":271187,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14661,"identifier":"6","token":"63.2\/II\/6","url":"\/63.2\/II\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14331,"edition_id":1,"name":"Public Assistance","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12789,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:46","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:46","permalink":{"id":271055,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14331,"identifier":"II","token":"63.2\/II","url":"\/63.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12789,"edition_id":1,"name":"Welfare (Social Services)","identifier":"63.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":270661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12789,"identifier":"63.2","token":"63.2","url":"\/63.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":79965,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-600","catch_line":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0004\">4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0857\">857<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271197,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84417,"identifier":"63.2-601.1","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-601.1","url":"\/63.2-601.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-601.1\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-601.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-601.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Temporary Assistance for Needy Families<\/span> Fund, hereafter referred to as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All donations and contributions to the Fund and such moneys as shall be appropriated by the General Assembly shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in this section. Moneys in the Fund shall be used to: <a id=\"paragraph-302590\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Supplement the assistance provided through the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>&#8217;s administration of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Temporary Assistance for Needy Families<\/span> block grant; and <a id=\"paragraph-302591\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.1\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Assist the Commonwealth in maximizing the amount of funds available to serve the stated purposes of the <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> program by leveraging individual, corporate, and charitable donations. <a id=\"paragraph-302592\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.1\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>. Up to 10 percent of the Fund may be used to pay the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>&#8217;s expenses in administering the <span class=\"dictionary\">Temporary Assistance for Needy Families<\/span> Program. <a id=\"paragraph-302593\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall administer the Fund in accordance with the provisions of this section. <a id=\"paragraph-302594\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES FUND ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 63.2-601.1)\n\nA. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to\nbe known as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund, hereafter referred\nto as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the\nComptroller. All donations and contributions to the Fund and such moneys as\nshall be appropriated by the General Assembly shall be paid into the state\ntreasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall\nremain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund,\nincluding interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to\nthe general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used\nsolely for the purposes set forth in this section. Moneys in the Fund shall be\nused to:\n\n   1. Supplement the assistance provided through the Department&#8217;s\n   administration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant; and\n\n   2. Assist the Commonwealth in maximizing the amount of funds available to\n   serve the stated purposes of the TANF program by leveraging individual,\n   corporate, and charitable donations.\n\nB. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State\nTreasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by\nthe Commissioner. Up to 10 percent of the Fund may be used to pay the\nDepartment&#8217;s expenses in administering the Temporary Assistance for Needy\nFamilies Program.\n\nC. The Department shall administer the Fund in accordance with the provisions of\nthis section.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 4, 857.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}