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This memorandum transmits the FY 2011 work participation rates.  All States were required to report work participation information for the months of October 2010 through September 2011.

This Program Instruction explains the new form ACF-202 and instructions for completing that form, which States must use to report caseload reduction information for fiscal year 2009 and thereafter.

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.

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 2022

Work Participation Rates for FY 2020

This memorandum transmits the work participation tables for FY 1997. Thirty-eight States and the District of Columbia were required to report work participation information for some or all of the July - September 1997 quarter.

This memorandum transmits the work participation tables for FY 1998. All States were required to report work participation information for some or all of the October 1997 — September 1998 fiscal year and are subject to the work participation standards for FY 1998 based on this information.