HLS 21RS-540 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 90
BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER
CHILDREN/DCFS: Requests an efficiency audit of the state Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) program
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the Department of Children and Family Services to conduct an annual
3 audit to improve agency efficiency, the productivity of Louisiana's Temporary
4 Assistance for Needy Families program, and child welfare overall.
5 WHEREAS, the mission of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
6is to keep children safe, help individuals and families become self-sufficient, and provide
7safe refuge during disasters; and
8 WHEREAS, Louisiana's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program
9provides assistance throughout the state to needy families with, or expecting, children and
10childless individuals with very low income; and
11 WHEREAS, DCFS administers and supervises the care, welfare, and special
12initiatives that comprise Louisiana's TANF program; and
13 WHEREAS, an efficiency audit is an investigation of the implementation and
14administration of an agency's program; and
15 WHEREAS, conducting an efficiency audit can provide valuable information on
16increasing organizational productivity and cost effectiveness; and
17 WHEREAS, in recent years, other states like Texas have conducted efficiency audits
18for their TANF programs, with the Texas audit being a notable example for our state; and
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1 WHEREAS, an efficiency audit can aid this state as it continues to improve during
2its transition from a centralized, government-run child welfare bureaucracy to a
3decentralized, community-led system; and
4 WHEREAS, use of such an efficiency audit will likely inform the state of actions that
5can bring its child welfare system into compliance with federal requirements and inform
6overall program effectiveness; and
7 WHEREAS, it is appropriate that an efficiency audit be conducted on the TANF
8program of this state; and
9 WHEREAS, it is also appropriate that such an audit be conducted on an annual basis.
10 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
11Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the Department of Children and
12Family Services to conduct an annual audit to improve agency efficiency, the productivity
13of Louisiana's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and child welfare overall.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
15secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 90 Original 2021 Regular Session Kerner
Requests the Dept. of Children and Family Services to conduct an annual audit of its TANF
program.
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