TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
(TANF)

Sixth Annual Report to Congress

XIV. State Profiles

 

Sources for State Profiles
     Administration
     Temporary Assistance to Needy Families(TANF) FY 2002 Caseload
     Funding and Expenditures
     Participation and Sanctions
     TANF Benefit Structure
     Caseload & Unemployment Rates (Graphs)
     Sub-State Caseload as a Percent of State
     All-Family Work Participation Rates
     HPB Earnings Performance
Individual State Profiles

This chapter contains individual TANF Profiles for each State and the District of Columbia. These TANF profiles contain information on program administration, funding, expenditures, caseload, benefit structure, participation rates, and High Performance Bonus earnings performance rates.

The following page presents an example of these State TANF profiles, along with a legend explaining each entry and listing sources used to create it. All 50 State profiles along with the District of Columbia are then presented in alphabetical order.

Sources for State Profiles

1. Administration

• State Governor (National Governors Association)
• Commissioner/Secretary with TANF oversight (APHSA Directory 2001-2002 and State contact)
• TANF program name (ACF web site, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/tnfnames.htm)
• State or county TANF program administration (Table 12:1), and number of counties in the State (US Census Bureau)

2. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) FY 2002 Caseload

a.   FY 2002 TANF caseload data (Chapter 1 Table A)

1. TANF caseload total and national ranking as of September 2002
2. The percent and national rank of the caseload change during FY 2002
3. The percent and national rank of the caseload change since FY 1996

b.   FY 2002 caseload breakdown by case type categorized

1. All Cases (Chapter 1 Table A)
2. Adult-Headed (all cases minus child-only)
3. Child-Only (excludes cases where parents are in the household but not in the assistance unit due to sanction — Table 3:3:a)
4. Recipients (Chapter 1 Table B). For each category, both the percent and national rank of the caseload change during FY 2002 and since FY 1996 are listed.

c.   Time Limits

1. Lifetime limit on assistance (Table 12:10)
2. Month/year of first impact (Table 12:10)

3. Funding and Expenditures

These numbers are based on the information provided in the FY 2001 and FY 2002 ACF-196 forms, including MOE and SSP figures. Tables A, A1, B, B1, C, and C1 were utilized for this project.

a. States' FY 2002 State Family Assistance Grant (SFAG) and national rank

b. FY 2002 Funding (in millions)

1. Beginning Balance — The "Cash" column contains the sum of the unliquidated and unobligated balances from FY 2001, as reported in FY 2001 Table A, ACF-196, Line 9 and 10. It is also shown in Chapter II, Table B of this report. The "Unob. Balance" column contains only the unobligated balance from FY 2001.
2. Total Awarded in FY 02 — The "Cash" column contains the FY 2002 SFAG (less Tribes) and awards for Supplemental Grants and Bonuses to States to Reward High Performance and Decreases in Illegitimacy Ratios. This total Federal fund level awarded to States can be found in Chapter II, Table B of this report. These levels are the new awards given to States during FY 2002.
3. Committed in FY 02 — The "Cash" column contains total combined expenditures for FY 2002 plus all funds transferred to the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) for FY 2002.
4. Ending FY 02 Balance — The "Cash" column contains the sum of the unliquidated and unobligated balances from FY 2002, as reported in FY 2002 Table A, ACF-196, Line 9 and 10. The "Unob.Balance" column contains only the unobligated balance from FY 2002.
5. State MOE — FY 2002 State expenditures is provided in the "Cash" column.

c. Expenditure Profile provides a breakdown of expenditures by category. Dollars in millions reflect combined Federal PLUS State MOE. The percentages are of combined Federal plus State MOE.

4. Participation and Sanctions

a. State FY 02 participation rate and FY 02 zero participation rate (Table 3:1:b, Table 3:7:c).

b. State sanction policy for non-compliance is provided in this area (Table 12:8).

c. Overall participation rates (with and without waiver) and national rank as well as participation rates and ranks by work activity defined in eight general categories based on the average monthly number of participating families (Table 3:6:a).

5. TANF Benefit Structure

Benefits and earnings are compared to the State Median Income (SMI) and Federal Poverty Level (FPL) for the State (Table 12:2, also Urban Institute Welfare Rules Database).

6. Caseload & Unemployment Rates (Graphs)

The top graph compares FY 2002 caseload to FY 2002 unemployment rates. The bottom graph compares caseloads to unemployment rates from FY 1996 to FY 2002. Monthly caseload data was retrieved from chapter 2 of the TANF Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Annual Reports to Congress, and Table 1:8 from this report. The 5-year monthly unemployment rates were retrieved from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

7. Sub-State Caseload as a Percent of State

This section provides the States' top TANF caseloads by area/county as a percent of the State Caseload as of September 2002. The information was received directly from 22 jurisdictions and retrieved from official State web sites containing TANF statistics for the 29 remaining jurisdictions.

8. All-Family Work Participation Rates

This section provides the overall percent of the average monthly TANF cases and national rank for families exempt from participation. In addition, a breakdown, by category, of those exempt from participation is provided by percent and national rank (Table 3:3:a).

9. HPB Earnings Performance

The States' percentages and national rank for earning initiation, retention, and gain are provided in this section. In addition, the change from the previous year is provided (Table 5:5).

Link to Individual State Profiles

• Graphical version of state profiles
• Table version of state profiles

 

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