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Index page for TANF Caseload Data - 2016

Summary Table for Work Participation Rates for Fiscal Year 2015

TANF FEDERAL FIVE-YEAR TIME LIMIT

Annual Statistical Report On Children In Foster Homes and Children In Families
Receiving Payments In Excess of the Poverty Income Level From a State Program Funded
Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORM ACF‑4125 (PDF)

PROGRAM INSTRUCTION - TANF-ACF-PI-2016-03 (PDF)

FORM ACF 4125 (XLS)

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.

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted pie charts for the 50 states and the District of Columbia showing the distribution of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and state Maintenance of Effort (MOE) spending and transfers by category in FY 2015.

The U.S. Department of Human Services (HHS) issues TANF work participation rates, which measure how well states engage families receiving assistance in certain work activities during a fiscal year. A state must meet an overall (or “all families”) and a two-parent work participation requirement or face a potential financial penalty. The statutory requirements for fiscal year (FY) 2014 are 50 percent for all families and 90 percent for two-parent families, but a state’s individual target rates equal the statutory rates minus a credit for reducing its caseload.

Summary Table for Work Participation Rates for Fiscal Year 2014

The purpose of this Program Instruction is to request that states submit data necessary to calculate the work measures previously reported under the High Performance Bonus (HPB) and advise them of the submission timetable for FY 2015 data.  The previous PIs requesting this information and providing the relevant submission timetable are set forth in the reference section above.

The official list of States that have qualified for counting up to six additional weeks of job search and job readiness assistance by Fiscal Years.