This chapter contains individual TANF profiles for each State and the District of Columbia. These TANF profiles contain information on program administration, funding, expenditures, caseload, benefit structure, participation rates, and High Performance Bonus earnings performance rates.
The following page presents an example of these State TANF profiles, along with a legend explaining each entry and listing sources used to create it. All 50 State profiles along with the District of Columbia are then presented in alphabetical order.
Sources for State Profiles
1. Administration:
State Governor (National Governors Association)
Commissioner/Secretary with TANF oversight (State contact)
Intermittent limit on assistance (Appendix Table 12:10)
Lifetime limit on assistance (Appendix Table 12:10)
Month/year of first impact (Appendix Table 12:10)
3. Funding and Expenditures
These numbers are based on the information provided in the FY 2002 and FY 2003 ACF-196 forms, including MOE and SSP figures. Tables A, A1, B, B1, C, and C1 were utilized for this project. These tables are available online at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/data/.
States’ FY 2002 State Family Assistance Grant (SFAG) and national rank
FY 2003 Funding (in millions)
Beginning Balance - The "Amount" column contains the sum of the unliquidated and unobligated balances from FY 2002, as reported in FY 2002 Table A, ACF-196, Line 9 and 10. It is also shown in Chapter II, Table B of this report. The "Unobligated Balance" column contains only the unobligated balance from FY 2002.
Total Awarded - The "Amount" column contains the FY 2003 SFAG (less Tribes) and awards for Supplemental Grants and Bonuses to States to Reward High Performance and Decreases in Illegitimacy Ratios. This total Federal fund level awarded to States can be found in Chapter II, Table B of this report. These levels are the new awards given to States during FY 2003.
Expended/Transferred - The "Amount" column contains total combined expenditures for FY 2003 plus all funds transferred to the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) for FY 2003.
Ending Balance - The "Amount" column contains the sum of the unliquidated and unobligated balances from FY 2003, as reported in FY 2003 Table A, ACF-196, Line 9 and 10. The "Unobligated Balance" column contains only the unobligated balance from FY 2002.
State MOE – FY 2003 State expenditures is provided in the "Amount" column.
Expenditure Profile provides a breakdown of expenditures by category. Dollars in millions reflect combined Federal plus State MOE. The percentages are of combined Federal plus State MOE found in tables A and B in the online TANF financial reports.
4. Participation and Sanctions
State FY 2003 participation rate and FY 2003 zero participation rate (Appendix Table 3:1:b and Appendix Table 3:7:c).
State sanction policy for non-compliance (Appendix Table 12:8).
Overall participation rates (with and without waiver) and national rank as well as participation rates and ranks by work activity defined in eight general categories based on the average monthly number of participating families (Appendix Table 3:6:a).
5. TANF Benefit Structure
Benefits and earnings are compared to the State Median Income (SMI) and Federal Poverty Level (FPL) for the State (Appendix Table 12:2, also Urban Institute Welfare Rules Database).
6. Caseload & Unemployment Rates (Graphs)
The top graph compares FY 2003 caseload to FY 2003 unemployment rates. The bottom graph compares caseloads to unemployment rates from FY 1996 to FY 2003. Monthly caseload data was retrieved from the OFA website (at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/data-reports/caseload/caseload_recent.html). The five-year monthly unemployment rates were retrieved from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
7. Sub-State Caseload as a Percent of State
This section provides the States’ top TANF caseloads by area/county as a percent of the State Caseload as of September 2003. The information was received directly from the jurisdictions.
8. All Family Work Participation Rates
This section provides the overall percent of the average monthly TANF cases and national rank for families exempt from participation. In addition, a breakdown, by category, of those exempt from participation is provided by percent and national rank (Table 3:3:a).
9. HPB Earnings Performance
The States’ percentages and national rank for earning initiation, retention, and gain are provided is this section. In addition, the change from the previous year is provided (Table 5:5).
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