What Services Are Funded by the TANF Block Grant?
While comprehensive data are not available on precisely how the TANF block grant funds are used by county probation departments, a 2003 report on TANF-funded probation services conducted by the RAND Corporation suggests that these funds support a variety of juvenile probation services, including anger management, family mentoring, and mental health assessment and counseling to name a few. However, the report indicates that most of the funding is probably used for services provided to youth detained in juvenile halls, camps, and ranches. Governor’s Budget Proposal. Pursuant to current law, the administration has proposed to allow the block grant funding to sunset in October 2004, resulting in a reduction of $134 million in 2004-05 for juvenile probation programs. The budget includes $67 million for these services from July through October 2004. Starting in November, however, these funds would be retained by the CalWORKs program Impact of Proposal on Probation Services for At Risk Juveni
