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Summary Table for Work Participation Rates for Fiscal Year 2015

TANF FEDERAL FIVE-YEAR TIME LIMIT

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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program is a $16.5 billion block grant to states, territories, and eligible tribes to provide assistance to low-income families and support a range of services to improve employment and other child and family outcomes.

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.

Summary Table for Work Participation Rates for Fiscal Year 2014

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.

The Characteristics data for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014.  Seventy-three tables provide data for FY 2014 of TANF program recipients by characteristics and financial circumstances.
 

The President’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget was released on Tuesday, February 9, 2016.

Summary Table for Work Participation Rates for Fiscal Year 2013