Section 71-1-125 - Inclusion of information detailing access to use of federal TANF funds in annual block grant report(a) Notwithstanding a law to the contrary, the commissioner shall include in the annual block grant report submitted pursuant to § 9-4-5404, information detailing the department's access to the use of federal TANF funds as described in subsection (b).(b) The report described in subsection (a) must include information detailing the department's access to and use of federal TANF funds during the previous federal fiscal year, subtotaled by the four (4) purposes of the TANF program, as described by 45 C.F.R. § 260.20, for which the funds were expended, including: (1) Overall spending and the number of contracts through which services or assistance were provided in furtherance of each respective purpose;(2) Examples of expenditures in furtherance of each respective purpose, including: (A) Expenditures for programs to encourage two-parent family formation and two-parent family preservation; and(B) Expenditures for parenting education, mediation, marriage education, marital counseling, visitation facilitators, and initiatives to facilitate fatherhood support and inclusion; and(3) A review of all program expenditures to ensure inclusion of both parents.(c) For purposes of this section, "federal TANF funds" means the state's temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program administered by the department.Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 855,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024.Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 693, s 1, eff. 7/1/2022.