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To transmit the form and revised instructions for the ACF-196R, the financial reporting form for state TANF agencies.

TANF Caseload Data 2023

February 21, 2024

FY2022 TANF Caseload Data

Executive Summary

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides a fixed block grant of about $16.5 billion to states, territories (Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico), and Washington, DC (hereafter “states”). Additionally, federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Native organizations may elect to operate their own TANF programs. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) created TANF, repealing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and related programs.

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) financial data tables, along with an interactive map, national  (PDF)and state pie charts (PDF).

Federal TANF and State MOE expenditures for FY 2022

Letter encouraging further feedback through the published Request for Information (RFI) and summary of each Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) provision and its current timeline.

The purpose of this program instruction is to provide state agencies with the TANF Data Report (TDR) form, the SSP-MOE Data Report (SDR) form, and the related instructions that are effective for fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.

To transmit the renewed form ACF-202 and instructions for completing that form.

These tables provide demographic data on the age, gender, and race/ethnicity of adults and children in TANF and Separate   State Program (SSP)-Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) active families and closed cases, as well as data on the financial circumstances of TANF cash assistance recipients.