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On August 27, 1999, the attached guidance on the application of civil rights laws to welfare reform programs was made public and sent to State TANF Directors and other parties. To assure the widest distribution (though for some of you it may be duplicative), we are disseminating the information sent to the State TANF Directors via this Information Memorandum.

This memorandum transmits the FY 2010 work participation rates.  All States were required to report work participation information for the months of October 2009 through September 2010.

This Information Memorandum transmits the work participation tables for FY 2005.  All States were required to report work participation information for all of the October 2004 - September 2005 fiscal year and are subject to the work participation standards for FY 2005 based on this information.

This Information Memorandum clarifies the interaction between the drug discount card/transitional assistance and other Federal assistance programs.

This Information Memorandum clarifies the responsibilities of providers of health and social services who receive Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and assists them in fulfilling their responsibilities to persons with Limited English Proficiency.

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.

State Work Participation Rates for FY 2016

Work Participation Rates for FY 2020

This Information Memorandum informs States and Territories of the upcoming rulemaking process associated with the new TANF requirements outlined in P.L. 112-96.