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TABLE 46

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - CLOSED CASES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TANF CLOSED-CASE FAMILIES BY REASON FOR CLOSURE
OCTOBER 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2006
STATE TOTAL FAMILIES REASON FOR CLOSURE
EMPLOY- MENT MARRIAGE FEDERAL TIME LIMIT STATE TIME LIMIT WORK- RELATED SANCTION OTHER SANCTION* STATE POLICY FAILURE TOFAILURE TO COOPERATE** TRANSFER TO MOE SERVED BY TRIBAL PROGRAM VOLUNTARY CLOSURE OTHER
U.S. TOTAL 1,835,217 20.9 0.1 1.2 0.8 5.6 4.7 9.3 14.5 1.3 0.1 14.0 27.5
                         
ALABAMA 20,570 26.8 0.0 1.3 0.0 21.9 11.9 10.2 9.8 0.0 0.0 10.1 8.1
ALASKA 4,284 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.1 10.4 12.0 0.0 1.4 26.3 28.9
ARIZONA 35,887 35.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.2 0.1 7.8 20.5 0.0 0.0 6.6 28.0
ARKANSAS 7,209 31.1 0.0 0.1 6.3 0.0 0.8 15.8 12.8 0.0 0.0 15.4 17.9
CALIFORNIA 418,649 21.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 3.7 10.9 4.8 0.7 0.0 29.7 28.0
COLORADO 17,205 3.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 1.4 30.4 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 52.4
CONNECTICUT 14,063 16.2 0.0 0.1 21.2 3.9 4.5 15.1 9.2 11.5 0.0 8.6 9.7
DELAWARE 6,660 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.1 32.8 4.8 2.4 3.1 0.0 0.0 12.9 42.8
DIST. OF COL. 6,992 24.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 13.9 47.5 5.9 0.0 6.8 0.0
FLORIDA 85,972 22.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 17.5 6.1 11.5 18.2 0.0 0.0 8.5 14.5
GEORGIA 28,361 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.9 1.3 29.4 0.0 0.0 12.8 52.5
GUAM a/                          
HAWAII 5,803 10.6 0.0 5.5 0.0 0.1 11.2 4.2 36.5 6.0 0.0 0.1 25.9
IDAHO 2,207 37.9 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.4 19.3 5.7 9.8 0.0 17.2 0.0 6.6
ILLINOIS 30,610 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 17.7 13.6 1.2 0.0 11.4 56.0
INDIANA 58,095 35.0 0.1 0.0 3.4 0.4 13.9 3.8 19.3 1.6 0.0 4.1 18.4
IOWA 18,493 37.3 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 13.5 32.4
KANSAS 20,822 40.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 8.9 4.8 10.3 16.8 0.0 0.0 8.9 9.2
KENTUCKY 36,627 17.8 0.3 2.2 0.0 4.1 0.8 15.5 30.3 0.0 0.0 19.0 10.2
LOUISIANA 13,662 16.9 0.0 0.3 0.5 22.4 4.3 2.3 15.5 0.0 0.0 6.8 31.0
MAINE 13,033 34.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.7 5.6 16.2 0.1 0.0 1.7 40.1
MARYLAND 32,526 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.7 3.3 17.0 26.7 0.0 0.0 5.2 21.9
MASSACHUSETTS 29,963 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.6 15.3 24.6 0.0 0.0 11.4 11.2
MICHIGAN 71,040 36.5 0.0 0.0 1.1 13.4 2.5 12.6 5.7 0.0 0.0 8.7 19.5
MINNESOTA 32,212 33.5 0.0 1.8 0.1 0.6 5.5 23.0 22.1 5.4 0.0 7.3 0.7
MISSISSIPPI 13,254 19.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 35.2 7.5 8.9 12.8 0.0 0.0 4.0 11.6
MISSOURI 36,801 33.8 0.0 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 25.3 0.3 0.0 17.4 14.9
MONTANA 7,920 34.8 0.0 0.7 0.3 1.4 17.5 6.6 19.9 0.0 0.3 9.7 8.9
NEBRASKA 11,708 38.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 9.6 7.8 11.2 9.6 0.0 0.0 13.5 9.1
NEVADA 8,238 26.9 0.3 0.6 2.5 6.4 4.4 9.0 29.4 9.0 0.0 7.1 4.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6,487 27.8 0.0 2.8 0.0 10.1 0.3 11.3 15.7 0.0 0.0 8.1 23.9
NEW JERSEY 42,419 25.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.9 0.6 15.3 21.6 1.8 0.0 8.3 13.5
NEW MEXICO 32,075 17.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 20.6 0.4 0.6 37.4 0.0 0.0 13.4 9.8
NEW YORK 108,395 13.8 0.0 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 20.3 0.0 0.0 7.3 41.6
NORTH CAROLINA 34,501 0.3 0.0 1.7 1.9 0.0 24.5 3.0 33.2 0.0 0.0 22.3 13.2
NORTH DAKOTA 4,108 2.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 3.1 33.3 37.2 0.0 0.0 8.4 15.2
OHIO 84,293 6.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.1 4.1 3.8 8.7 0.0 0.0 7.2 68.8
OKLAHOMA 20,981 13.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.9 13.9 0.0 0.0 8.7 0.0 30.7
OREGON 22,860 20.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.7 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 74.3
PENNSYLVANIA 70,032 35.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 62.6
PUERTO RICO 8,074 13.2 0.0 17.6 0.0 0.3 0.2 10.9 22.6 0.0 0.0 20.2 15.0
RHODE ISLAND 9,334 22.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 8.6 26.0 20.1 0.0 9.8 12.8
SOUTH CAROLINA 17,315 37.3 0.0 0.1 7.3 11.5 1.5 11.5 8.6 5.2 0.0 12.5 4.6
SOUTH DAKOTA 3,599 23.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.4 3.3 17.0 11.2 0.0 0.0 10.0 4.7
TENNESSEE 51,860 17.3 0.0 0.0 4.3 19.4 0.8 0.7 4.4 0.0 0.0 3.8 49.3
TEXAS 112,688 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.6 15.3 7.5 26.0 8.8 0.0 12.4 6.3
UTAH 11,514 27.6 1.1 0.0 4.6 11.4 0.0 10.6 20.3 0.0 0.0 12.2 12.3
VERMONT 6,203 22.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.2 20.2 0.0 0.0 7.8 5.2
VIRGIN ISLANDS 304 24.3 0.0 9.2 0.0 0.0 11.2 7.2 38.2 0.0 0.0 9.2 0.7
VIRGINIA 11,848 15.3 0.0 3.8 16.7 0.0 2.3 3.7 5.8 0.0 0.0 20.4 32.0
WASHINGTON 60,871 31.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 26.6 0.0 0.0 23.2 17.0
WEST VIRGINIA 12,184 0.8 0.0 2.1 0.0 11.5 3.6 26.5 8.7 2.9 0.0 1.7 42.1
WISCONSIN 14,089 25.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.3
WYOMING 317 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.4 1.9 17.4 13.0 0.0 2.8 26.7 14.9
NOTES: * = CHILD SUPPORT SANCTION, TEEN PARENT FAILING TO MEET REQUIREMENTS, OR FAILURE TO MEET AN INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY PLAN.
** = FAILURE TO COOPERATE WITH ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
a/ = DATA NOT REPORTED.
SOURCE: NATIONAL TANF DATAFILE AS OF 4/12/2007  

Last Updated on 7/15/2007
By ACF

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