Help for Families

Alabama Family Assistance Program

General Information:
(334) 242-1310

State Office:
Department of Human Resources
50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130-4000
(334) 242-1160

Alaska Temporary Assistance Program

General Information:
(800) 478-3551

State Office:
Department of Health and Social Services
350 Main Street Room 404
PO Box 110601
Juneau, AK 99811-0601
(907) 465-3030

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Association of Village Council Presidents
Pouch 219
Bethel, AK 99518
(907) 543-7401

Bristol Bay Native Association
P.O. Box 310 Dillingham, AK 99576
(907) 842-6120

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.
3600 San Jeronimo Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 793-3323

Kodiak Area Native Association
3449 E. Rezanof Drive
Kodiak, AK 99615
(907) 486-1393

Maniilaq Association
P.O. Box 256
Kotzebue, AK 99752
(907) 442-7665

Tanana Chiefs Conference
122 First Avenue Suite 600
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 452 8251 x3390

Tlingit and Haida
320 W. Willoughby Avenue #300
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 463-7157

Arizona Employing and Moving People Off Welfare and Encouraging Responsibility (EMPOWER) Program

General Information:
(602) 542-3596

State Office:
Department of Economic Security
PO Box 6123 Site Code 010A
Phoenix, AZ 85005
(602) 542-5678

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Hopi Tribe
P.O. Box 68, Second
Mesa, AZ 86043
(928) 734-2202

Navajo Nation
P.O. Box 4590
Window Rock, AZ
(928) 810-8552

Pascua Yaqui
7474 S. Camino de Oeste
Tucson, AZ 85757
(520) 879-5645

Salt River - Pima Maricopa
10005 E. Osborne Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85356
(480) 362-5659

San Carlos Apache Tribe
P.O. Box 871
Perdot, AZ 85542
(928) 475-5011

White Mountain Apache Tribe
P.O. Box 1150
White River, AZ 85941
(928) 338-4164

Arkansas Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA)

General Information:
(800) 482-8988

State Office:
Department of Workforce Services
#2 Capitol Mall
P.O. Box 2981
Little Rock, AR 72203
(501) 682-3101

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids

CALWORKS (California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids)

General Information:
(916) 657-3546

State Office:
Health and Human Services Agency
1600 9th Street Suite 460
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-3454

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

CTTP/Robinson Rancheria 
P.O. Box 988
Nice, CA 95464
(707)262-4402

Graton Rancheria
6400 Redwood Drive, Suite 104
Rohnert Park, CA 94928 
(707) 586-6100

Hoopa Valley 
P.O. Box 1348
Hoopa, CA 95546
(530) 625-4816

Karuk Tribe 
P.O. Box 1016
Happy Camp, CA
(530) 493-1600

Morongo Band 
P.O. Box 1268
Banning, CA 92220
(951) 755-5178

North Fork Rancheria 
P.O. Box 929
North Fork, CA 93643
(559) 877-2027

Owens Valley Career Development Center 
P.O. Box 1467
Bishop, CA 93515
(760) 873-5107

Pechanga
510 16th Street 302
Oakland, CA 94612 
(510) 835-3020

Round Valley Indian Tribes 
P.O. Box 448
Covelo, CA 95428
(707) 983-6126

Scotts Valley 
1465 Enea Circle, Building D Suite 700
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 771-8207

Shingle Springs Rancheria
5281 Honpie Road
Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 698-1433 

Soboba Band
1405 Spruce Street Suite A
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 300-1682 

Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association 
P.O. Box 1470
Valley Center, CA 92082
(760) 742-8600

Torres Martinez 
P.O. Box 1160
Thermal, CA 92274
(760) 397-8147

Yurok Tribe 
P.O. Box 1027
Klamath, CA 95548
(707) 482-1350

Colorado Works

General Information:
(303) 866-5700

State Office:
Department of Human Services
1575 Sherman Street 8th floor
Denver, CO 80203-1714
(303) 866-3475

Connecticut JOBS FIRST

General Information:
(800) 842-1508

State Office:
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5033
(860) 424-5053

Delaware A Better Chance Program

ABC (A Better Chance)

General Information:
(302) 255-9500

State Office:
Health and Social Services
Herman M. Holloway Sr. Campus Main Administration Building First Floor
1901 N. DuPont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 255-9040

District of Columbia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

General Information:
(202) 724-5506

State Office:
Department of Human Services
6th Floor
64 New York Avenue N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 671-4200

Florida Welfare Transition Program

General Information:
(866) 762-2237

State Office:
Department of Children and Families
1317 Winewood Boulevard Bldg. 1 Room 202
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
(850) 487-1111

Georgia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(800) 869-1150

State Office:
Department of Human Services
2 Peachtree Street NW Suite 29-250
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142
(404) 463-3390

Guam Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(671) 735-7101

State Office:
Department of Public Health and Social Services
123 Chalan Kareta Route 10
Mangilao, GU 96913
(671) 735-7101

Hawaii Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
808-981-2754

State Office:
Department of Human Services
PO Box 339
1390 Miller Street RM 209
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 586-4997

Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho

General Information:
(208) 334-5818

State Office:
Department of Health and Welfare
PO Box 83720
450 West State Street 10th Floor
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5500

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Coeur d'Alene
P.O. Box 408
Plummer, ID 83852-04082
(208) 686 5621

Nez Perce
P.O. Box 365
Lapwai, ID 83540
(208) 843-2464

Shoshone - Bannock
P.O. Box 306
Fort Hall, ID 83203
(208) 478-3767

Illinois Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(217) 785-3300

State Office:
Department of Human Services
100 South Grand Avenue East
3rd Floor
Springfield, IL 62762
(217) 557-1601

Indiana Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TANF, cash assistance, IMPACT (Indiana Manpower Placement and Comprehensive Training), TANF work program

General Information:
(800) 446-1993

State Office:
Family and Social Services Administration
402 W. Washington Street Room W-461
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 233-4690

Iowa Family Investment Program (FIP)

General Information:
(800) 972-2017

State Office:
Department of Human Services
Hoover State Office Building
1305 E. Walnut Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 281-5454

Kansas Works

General Information:
(785) 296-3959

State Office:
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Docking State Office Building 6th floor
915 SW Harrison
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 296-3271

Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (K-TAP)

General Information:
(502) 564-3556

State Office:
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 East Main Street 5W-A
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-7042

Louisiana Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP)

FITAP (Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program), cash assistance, (STEP) Strategies to Empower People

General Information:
(225) 342-3947

State Office:
Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 3776
627 N Fourth Street 8th FL
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
(225) 342-0286

Maine Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TANF, cash assistance, ASPIRE (Additional Support for People in Retraining and Employment), TANF work program

General Information:
(207) 287-3707

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Services
221 State Street
State House Station #11
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-3707

Maryland Family Investment Program (FIP)

General Information:
(800) 332-6347

State Office:
Department of Human Resources
Saratoga State Center
311 West Saratoga Street 10th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 767-5975

Massachusetts Family Assistance

TAFDC (Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children), cash assistance
ESP (Employment Services Program), TANF work program

General Information:
(800) 249-2007

State Office:
Department of Transitional Assistance
600 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 348-8410

Michigan Family Independence Program (FIP)

General Information:
(517) 241-7945

State Office:
Department of Human Services
235 S. Grand Avenue
PO Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-2000

Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP)

General Information:
(800) 657-3739

State Office:
Department of Human Services
540 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN 55155
(651) 431-2907

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs:

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
43408 Oodena Drive
Onamia, Minnesota
(320)532-7556

Mississippi Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(800) 948-4060

State Office:
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 352
750 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39205
(601) 359-4757

Missouri Beyond Welfare Program

General Information:
(573) 751-3221

State Office:
Department of Social Services
PO Box 1527
Broadway State Office Building
Jefferson City, MO 65102-1527
(573) 751-4815

Families Achieving Independence in Montana (FAIM)

General Information:
(406) 444-1917

State Office:
Department of Public Health and Human Services
111 North Sanders
Room 301
Helena, MT 59620
(406) 444-5622

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Blackfeet Tribe
Blackfeet Manpower Program
P.O. Box 1090
Browning, MT 59417
(406) 338-2111

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation
Chippewa Cree Tribal TANF
RR1 Box 544
Box Elder, MT 59521
(406) 395-5814

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
Human Resource Development Department
P.O. Box 278
Pablo, MT 59855
(406) 675-2700

Fort Belknap Indian Community Council
477 Program, RR #1 Box 66
Fort Belknap Agency
Harlem, MT 59526
(406) 353-2976

Nebraska Employment First

General Information:
(800) 685-5456

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Services
Nebraska State Office Building 3rd Floor
301 Centennial Mall South P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
(402) 471-9433

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Santee Sioux Nation
108 Spirit Lake West  
Niobrara, NE 68760-7219
(402) 857-2380

Winnebago Tribe
P.O. Box 771 
Winnebago, NE 68071
(402) 878-2447

Nevada Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(800) 992-0900

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Services
4126 Technology Way Room 100
Carson City, NV 89706-2009
(775) 684-4000

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs:

Washoe Tribe  
919 HWY 395 South
Gardnerville, NV 89410
(775)782-6320

New Hampshire Family Assistance

FAP (Family Assistance Program), financial aid for work-exempt families
NHEP (New Hampshire Employment Program), financial aid for work-mandated families

General Information:
(800) 852-3345  x4238

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Services
129 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-3857
(603) 271-4331

Work First New Jersey (WFNJ)

General Information:
(800) 792-9773

State Office:
Department of Human Services
Office of the Commissioner 222 South Warren Street
PO Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625-0700
(609) 292-3717

New Mexico Works Program

General Information:
(888) 473-3676

State Office:
Human Services Department
PO Box 2348
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348
(505) 827-7750

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.

Pueblo of Zuni
P. O. Box 339
Zuni, NM 87327
(505) 782-7181

New York Family Assistance Program

General Information:
(800) 342-3009

State Office:
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
40 North Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12243-0001
(518) 474-4152

North Carolina Work First

General Information:
(800) 662-7030

State Office:
Department of Health and Human Services
101 Blair Drive
Raleigh, NC 27626
(919) 733-4534

North Dakota Training, Employment, Education Management (TEEM)

General Information:
(800) 768-5700

State Office:
Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 1520
1535 Confederate Ave Rm 603
Columbia, SC 29202-1520
(803) 898-7360

Ohio Works First (OWF)

General Information:
(614) 466-6282

State Office:
Department of Job and Family Services
State Office Tower 32nd Floor
30 E. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3414
(614) 466-6283

Oklahoma Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(866) 411-1877

State Office:
Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-3646

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Muscogee Creek Nation
P. O. Box 580
Okmulgee, OK 74447
(918) 732-7986

Osage Nation
86 CR 5400
Hominy, OK 74035
(918) 287-5326

Oregon Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program (JOBS)

General Information:
(503) 945-5600

State Office:
Department of Human Services
500 Summer Street NE
E-62
Salem, OR 97301-1097
(503) 945-7001

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380
(541) 444-2532 ext 1220

Klamath Tribes
P.O. Box 436
Chiloquin, OR 97624
(541) 783-2219 ext 131

Pennsylvania Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

General Information:
(800) 692-7462

State Office:
Department of Public Welfare
Room 333
Health and Welfare Building P.O. Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675
(717) 787-2600

Puerto Rico Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)


General Information:
(787) 289-7600

State Office:
Department of the Family
PO Box 11398
San Juan, PR 00910-1398
(787) 294-0738

Rhode Island Family Independence Program (FIP)

General Information:
(401) 462-2423

State Office:
Executive Office of Human Services
Louis Pasteur Bldg. #57
600 New London Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 462-5374

South Carolina Family Independence Program

General Information:
(800) 768-5700

State Office:
Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 1520
1535 Confederate Ave Rm 603
Columbia, SC 29202-1520
(803) 898-7360

South Dakota Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

General Information:
(605) 773-4678

State Office:
Department of Social Services
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
(605) 773-3165

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.

Sisseton - Wahpeton Oyate
Employment and Training
Box 509
Agency Village, SD 57262
(605) 698-4400

Tennessee Families First

General Information:
(866) 311-4287

State Office:
Department of Human Services
400 Deaderick Street 15th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243-1403
(615) 313-4702

Texas Family Assistance

Texas Works (Department of Human Services), cash assistance
Choices (Texas Workforce Commission), TANF work program

General Information:
(877) 787-8999

State Office:
Workforce Commission
101 E. 15th Street
Austin, TX 78778-0001
(512) 463-2800

State Office:
Health and Human Services Commission
P.O. Box 13247
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 424-6502

Utah Family Employment Program

General Information:
(801) 526-9675

State Office:
Department of Workforce Services
140 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
(801) 526-9210

Vermont Family Assistance

ANFC (Aid to Needy Families with Children), cash assistance
Reach Up, TANF work program

General Information:
(800) 287-0589

State Office:
Department for Children and Families
Agency of Human Services
5 North 103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05676-5920
(802) 241-1942

Virgin Islands Family Improvement Program (FIP)

General Information:
(340) 774-7125

State Office:
Department of Human Services
Knud Hansen Complex
1303 Hospital Ground
Charlotte Amalie, VI 00802
(340) 773-2980 St. Croix
(340) 774-1166 St. Thomas

Virginia Initiative for Employment, Not Welfare (VIEW)

General Information:
(804) 726-7385

State Office:
The Patrick Henry Building
1111 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 786-7765

State Office:
Department of Social Services
801 E. Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 726-7011

Washington WorkFirst Program

General Information:
(360) 413-3200

State Office:
Department of Social and Health Services
PO Box 45010
14th and Jefferson Street office Building 2
Olympia, WA 98504-5010
(360) 902-7800

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
P.O. Box 150
Nespelem, WA 99155
(509)634-2621

Lower Elwha Tribe
3080 Lower Elwha Road
Port Angeles, WA 98363
(360) 452-8471 ext 237

Lummi Nation
2616 Kwina Drive
Bellingham, WA 98226
(360) 384-7108

Nooksack Indian Tribe
5048 Mt. Baker Highway
P.O. Box 157
Deming, WA 98244
(360) 592-0135

Port Gamble S'Klallam
31912 Little Boston Road NE
Kingston, WA 98346
(360) 297-9629

Quileute Indian Tribe
P.O. Box 277
Push, WA 98350
(360) 374-0336

Quinault Indian Tribe
P.O. Box 189
Taholah, WA 98587
(360) 276-8215 ext 488

Spokane
P.O. Box 100
Wellpinit, WA 99040
(509) 533-1360

Tulalip Tribes
6406 Marine Drive
Tulalip, WA 98271
(360) 716-4889

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe
25944 Community Plaza Way
Sedro Woolley, WA 98284
(360) 854-7090 ext 7020

South Puget Inter-Tribal
Planning Agency
3104 SE Olympic Highway
Shelton, WA 98584
(360) 462-3236

West Virginia Works Program

General Information:
(800) 642-8589

State Office:
Bureau for Children and Families Department of Health and Human Resources
One Davis Square Suite 100E
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 558-0684

State Office:
Bureau of Children and Families Department of Health and Human Resources
350 Capitol Street RM 730
Charleston, WV 25301-3711
(304) 558-0628

Wisconsin Works (W-2) Program

General Information:
(608) 266-6886

State Office:
Department of Children and Families
201 E. Washington Avenue 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53707-7935
(608) 267-3905

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
P.O. Box 55
Odana, WI 54861
(715) 682-7127

Forest County Potawatomi Community
P.O. Box 340
Crandon, WI 54520
(715) 478-7206

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
P.O. Box 67
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54533
(715) 588-4235

Menominee Indian Tribe
P.O. Box 910
Keshena, WI 54135
(715) 799-4470

Oneida Tribe
P.O. Box 365
Oneida, WI 54155
(920) 490-3777

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
88385 Pike Road Highway 13
Bayfield, WI 54814
(715) 779-3706

Sokaogon Chippewa Community
10808 Sokaogon Drive
Crandonm WI 54520
(715) 478-3265

Stockbridge-Munsee Community
P.O. Box 70
N8705 Mohheconnuck Road
Bowler WI, 54416
(715) 793-4885

Wyoming Personal Opportunities With Employment Responsibility (POWER)

General Information:
(307) 777-6313

State Office:
Department of Family Services
Hathaway Building
2300 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0490
(307) 885-9883

Some tribes and groups of tribes operate their own TANF programs.
The following is the list of those programs:

Northern Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Indian Reservation
Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 6130
Riverton, WY 82501
(303) 857-2436

Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation
P.O. Box 1210
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
(307) 332-8052