{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/63.2-601.2.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/63.2-601.2.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/63.2-601.2.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/63.2-601.2.html"}],"law_id":81085,"edition_id":1,"section_id":81085,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-601.2","catch_line":"Statewide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program Funding Pool Program","history":"2011, c. 531; 2020, cc. 860, 861.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Department shall develop a Statewide TANF Program Funding Pool Program (the Funding Pool Program) and shall allocate to the Funding Pool Program that portion of the TANF block grant to be awarded to service providers for expanded TANF programs, which shall include all funds not transferred to the Social Services Block Grant or used for cash assistance, employment services, or child-care benefits through the TANF program, up to an amount equal to 12 percent of the total amount of the TANF block grant for that year.B\n\nPrior to submission of its proposed biennial budget to the Governor, the Department shall issue a Request for Proposals for use of available funds from the Funding Pool Program to service providers providing expanded TANF programs through a competitive process that is designed in a manner that ensures that all service providers in the Commonwealth, regardless of size or geographic location, are afforded the opportunity to apply for funds. All programs and services funded through the Funding Pool Program shall comply with all federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements and shall serve the stated purposes of the TANF program.C\n\nIn developing the Request for Proposals, the Department shall include:1\n\nA long-range planning and priority-setting process to identify state and local service needs and avoid overlap or duplication of services. The planning and priority-setting process shall include opportunity for citizen participation and consideration of local and statewide service needs and priorities;2\n\nA competitive process, to include uniform eligibility criteria for service providers seeking funding and uniform application and selection procedures for comparable service categories;3\n\nUniform oversight, administrative, and reporting requirements for service providers receiving funding through the Funding Pool Program; and4\n\nUniform program evaluation criteria to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of comparable services funded through the Funding Pool Program.D\n\nThe Department shall require all service providers applying for funding through the Funding Pool Program to submit a detailed proposal that includes a proposed budget, proposed program outcomes, and proposed program outcome measures. Following review of applications for funding received pursuant to this section, the Department shall provide a summary of the requests for funding and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly of the programs to be funded in the proposed biennial budget, the levels of funding recommended, and the rationale for such recommendations, and the Governor shall consider such recommendations in developing the proposed budget.E\n\nThe Department shall require all providers receiving Funding Pool Program funds to report annually on the use of the funds and outcomes achieved and shall include such information in its annual report to the General Assembly.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":290609,"text":"The Department shall develop a Statewide TANF Program Funding Pool Program (the Funding Pool Program) and shall allocate to the Funding Pool Program that portion of the TANF block grant to be awarded to service providers for expanded TANF programs, which shall include all funds not transferred to the Social Services Block Grant or used for cash assistance, employment services, or child-care benefits through the TANF program, up to an amount equal to 12 percent of the total amount of the TANF block grant for that year.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":290610,"text":"Prior to submission of its proposed biennial budget to the Governor, the Department shall issue a Request for Proposals for use of available funds from the Funding Pool Program to service providers providing expanded TANF programs through a competitive process that is designed in a manner that ensures that all service providers in the Commonwealth, regardless of size or geographic location, are afforded the opportunity to apply for funds. All programs and services funded through the Funding Pool Program shall comply with all federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements and shall serve the stated purposes of the TANF program.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":290611,"text":"In developing the Request for Proposals, the Department shall include:","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"C1"},"3":{"id":290612,"text":"A long-range planning and priority-setting process to identify state and local service needs and avoid overlap or duplication of services. The planning and priority-setting process shall include opportunity for citizen participation and consideration of local and statewide service needs and priorities;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"C1","prefix_anchor":"C1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"C2"},"4":{"id":290613,"text":"A competitive process, to include uniform eligibility criteria for service providers seeking funding and uniform application and selection procedures for comparable service categories;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"C2","prefix_anchor":"C2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C1","next_prefix":"C3"},"5":{"id":290614,"text":"Uniform oversight, administrative, and reporting requirements for service providers receiving funding through the Funding Pool Program; and","type":"section","prefixes":["C","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"C3","prefix_anchor":"C3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C2","next_prefix":"C4"},"6":{"id":290615,"text":"Uniform program evaluation criteria to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of comparable services funded through the Funding Pool Program.","type":"section","prefixes":["C","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"C4","prefix_anchor":"C4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C3","next_prefix":"D"},"7":{"id":290616,"text":"The Department shall require all service providers applying for funding through the Funding Pool Program to submit a detailed proposal that includes a proposed budget, proposed program outcomes, and proposed program outcome measures. Following review of applications for funding received pursuant to this section, the Department shall provide a summary of the requests for funding and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly of the programs to be funded in the proposed biennial budget, the levels of funding recommended, and the rationale for such recommendations, and the Governor shall consider such recommendations in developing the proposed budget.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C4","next_prefix":"E"},"8":{"id":290617,"text":"The Department shall require all providers receiving Funding Pool Program funds to report annually on the use of the funds and outcomes achieved and shall include such information in its annual report to the General Assembly.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"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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coordinated services","url":"\/63.2-610\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-610","metadata":false},{"id":72928,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-611","catch_line":"Case management; support services; transitional support services","url":"\/63.2-611\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-611","metadata":false},{"id":68263,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-612","catch_line":"Time limit on the receipt of TANF","url":"\/63.2-612\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-612","metadata":false},{"id":63622,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-613","catch_line":"Hardship exceptions","url":"\/63.2-613\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-613","metadata":false},{"id":70176,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-614","catch_line":"Financial eligibility","url":"\/63.2-614\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-614","metadata":false},{"id":78204,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-615","catch_line":"Payment of tuition and other expenses of public assistance recipients enrolled in skill development training programs","url":"\/63.2-615\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-615","metadata":false},{"id":67480,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-616","catch_line":"Provision of public assistance and social services","url":"\/63.2-616\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-616","metadata":false},{"id":64423,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-617","catch_line":"Diversionary cash assistance","url":"\/63.2-617\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-617","metadata":false},{"id":75777,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-618","catch_line":"Notice and appeal","url":"\/63.2-618\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-618","metadata":false},{"id":63471,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-619","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/63.2-619\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-619","metadata":false},{"id":86897,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-620","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/63.2-620\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-620","metadata":false},{"id":63247,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-621","catch_line":"Restrictions on use of TANF cash assistance","url":"\/63.2-621\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-621","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":84417,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-601.1","catch_line":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund established","url":"\/63.2-601.1\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-601.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":74488,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-602","catch_line":"Eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); penalty","url":"\/63.2-602\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-602","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/63.2-601.2\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0531\">531<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0861\">861<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271201,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81085,"identifier":"63.2-601.2","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-601.2","url":"\/63.2-601.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-601.2\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-601.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Statewide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program Funding Pool Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-601.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall develop a Statewide <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> Program Funding Pool Program (the Funding Pool Program) and shall allocate to the Funding Pool Program that portion of the <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> block grant to be awarded to service providers for expanded <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> programs, which shall include all funds not transferred to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Social Services<\/span> Block Grant or used for cash assistance, employment services, or <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span>-care benefits through the <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> program, up to an amount equal to 12 percent of the total amount of the <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> block grant for that year. <a id=\"paragraph-290609\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.2\/#A\"><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> Prior to submission of its proposed biennial budget to the Governor, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a Request for Proposals for use of available funds from the Funding Pool Program to service providers providing expanded <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> programs through a competitive process that is designed in a manner that ensures that all service providers in the Commonwealth, regardless of size or geographic location, are afforded the opportunity to apply for funds. All programs and services funded through the Funding Pool Program shall comply with all federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements and shall serve the stated purposes of the <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> program. <a id=\"paragraph-290610\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.2\/#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> In developing the Request for Proposals, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall include: <a id=\"paragraph-290611\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.2\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A long-range planning and priority-setting process to identify state and local service needs and avoid overlap or duplication of services. The planning and priority-setting process shall include opportunity for citizen participation and consideration of local and statewide service needs and priorities; <a id=\"paragraph-290612\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.2\/#C1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A competitive process, to include uniform eligibility criteria for service providers seeking funding and uniform application and selection procedures for comparable service categories; <a id=\"paragraph-290613\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.2\/#C2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Uniform oversight, administrative, and reporting requirements for service providers receiving funding through the Funding Pool Program; and <a id=\"paragraph-290614\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.2\/#C3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Uniform program evaluation criteria to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of comparable services funded through the Funding Pool Program. <a id=\"paragraph-290615\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.2\/#C4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall require all service providers applying for funding through the Funding Pool Program to submit a detailed proposal that includes a proposed budget, proposed program outcomes, and proposed program outcome measures. Following review of applications for funding received pursuant to this section, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall provide a summary of the requests for funding and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly of the programs to be funded in the proposed biennial budget, the levels of funding recommended, and the rationale for such recommendations, and the Governor shall consider such recommendations in developing the proposed budget. <a id=\"paragraph-290616\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.2\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall require all providers receiving Funding Pool Program funds to report annually on the use of the funds and outcomes achieved and shall include such information in its annual report to the General Assembly. <a id=\"paragraph-290617\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-601.2\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATEWIDE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) PROGRAM FUNDING POOL\nPROGRAM (\u00a7 63.2-601.2)\n\nA. The Department shall develop a Statewide TANF Program Funding Pool Program\n(the Funding Pool Program) and shall allocate to the Funding Pool Program that\nportion of the TANF block grant to be awarded to service providers for expanded\nTANF programs, which shall include all funds not transferred to the Social\nServices Block Grant or used for cash assistance, employment services, or\nchild-care benefits through the TANF program, up to an amount equal to 12\npercent of the total amount of the TANF block grant for that year.\n\nB. Prior to submission of its proposed biennial budget to the Governor, the\nDepartment shall issue a Request for Proposals for use of available funds from\nthe Funding Pool Program to service providers providing expanded TANF programs\nthrough a competitive process that is designed in a manner that ensures that all\nservice providers in the Commonwealth, regardless of size or geographic\nlocation, are afforded the opportunity to apply for funds. All programs and\nservices funded through the Funding Pool Program shall comply with all federal\nand state statutory and regulatory requirements and shall serve the stated\npurposes of the TANF program.\n\nC. In developing the Request for Proposals, the Department shall include:\n\n   1. A long-range planning and priority-setting process to identify state and\n   local service needs and avoid overlap or duplication of services. The planning\n   and priority-setting process shall include opportunity for citizen\n   participation and consideration of local and statewide service needs and\n   priorities;\n\n   2. A competitive process, to include uniform eligibility criteria for service\n   providers seeking funding and uniform application and selection procedures for\n   comparable service categories;\n\n   3. Uniform oversight, administrative, and reporting requirements for service\n   providers receiving funding through the Funding Pool Program; and\n\n   4. Uniform program evaluation criteria to determine the effectiveness and\n   efficiency of comparable services funded through the Funding Pool Program.\n\nD. The Department shall require all service providers applying for funding\nthrough the Funding Pool Program to submit a detailed proposal that includes a\nproposed budget, proposed program outcomes, and proposed program outcome\nmeasures. Following review of applications for funding received pursuant to this\nsection, the Department shall provide a summary of the requests for funding and\nrecommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly of the programs to be\nfunded in the proposed biennial budget, the levels of funding recommended, and\nthe rationale for such recommendations, and the Governor shall consider such\nrecommendations in developing the proposed budget.\n\nE. The Department shall require all providers receiving Funding Pool Program\nfunds to report annually on the use of the funds and outcomes achieved and shall\ninclude such information in its annual report to the General Assembly.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 531; 2020, cc. 860, 861.","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}}