Welcome to the Osage Nation TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) website. The Osage TANF program is dedicated to supporting TANF clients in breaking the cycle of welfare dependency by assisting our clients in identifying and overcoming employment barriers and by promoting personal responsibility experiences that will move the client toward self-sufficiency.
The Osage TANF program mission is to:
Provide welfare related services to needy Native American families who reside within the Osage Tribal service area (Osage Indian Reservation).
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families was established as part of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. A provision in the Act allowed Tribes to administer the Program. TANF replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Osage Nation was the first Tribe in Oklahoma to administer a Tribal TANF Program.
TANF Eligibility Requirements:
- Be a members of a federally recognized tribe and posess a CDIB
- Have children in the home under the age of 19
- Have little to no income and meet the TANF income criteria
- Reside with the boundaries of the Osage Nation Reservation
- Willing to seek & accept employment and meet required work participation
(Further details on TANF requirements are listed in the Information section of our webpage).