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TABLE 1B

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

TANF Work Participation Rates, With and Without Waivers
Fiscal Year 2002
STATE ALL FAMILIES RATES TWO-PARENT FAMILIES RATES
ABSENT WAIVER WITH WAIVER ADJUSTED STANDARD 2/ MET TARGET ABSENT WAIVER WITH WAIVER ADJUSTED STANDARD 2/ MET TARGET
UNITED STATES 28.9% 33.4% . . 44.2% 49.4% . .
                 
ALABAMA 37.3% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
ALASKA 39.6% . 8.7% YES 44.5% . 36.0% YES
ARIZONA 25.9% . 4.8% YES 52.2% . 44.8% YES
ARKANSAS 21.4% . 0.0% YES 24.4% . 39.9% NO
CALIFORNIA 27.3% . 6.7% YES 1/ . . NA
COLORADO 35.9% . 0.0% YES 45.6% . 23.5% YES
CONNECTICUT 26.6% . 21.0% YES 1/ . . NA
DELAWARE 11.7% 25.8% 6.7% YES 1/ . . NA
DIST. OF COL. 16.4% . 11.2% YES 13.4% . 25.4% NO
FLORIDA 30.4% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
                 
GEORGIA 8.2% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
GUAM 0.0% . 50.0% NO 0.0% . 90.0% NO
HAWAII 32.5% 58.8% 26.6% YES 1/ . . NA
IDAHO 40.7% . 15.9% YES 40.2% . 8.6% YES
ILLINOIS 58.4% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
INDIANA 45.3% 62.6% 15.4% YES 1/ . . NA
IOWA 51.2% . 6.4% YES 41.6% . 34.6% YES
KANSAS 37.6% 84.8% 38.4% YES 38.5% 86.1% 78.4% YES
KENTUCKY 32.4% . 2.9% YES 43.7% . 8.0% YES
LOUISIANA 38.7% . 0.0% YES 57.2% . 29.2% YES
                 
MAINE 44.5% . 1.9% YES 58.2% . 5.9% YES
MARYLAND 8.3% . 6.2% YES 1/ . . NA
MASSACHUSETTS 9.2% 60.9% 0.8% YES 12.9% 69.7% 40.8% YES
MICHIGAN 28.9% . 0.0% YES 46.5% . 4.6% YES
MINNESOTA 31.2% 40.4% 12.9% YES 1/ . . NA
MISSISSIPPI 18.5% . 12.5% YES 1/ . . NA
MISSOURI 25.4% . 5.7% YES 27.5% . 41.7% NO
MONTANA 37.9% 84.2% 0.0% YES 54.8% 93.5% 34.0% YES
NEBRASKA 22.8% 28.1% 17.6% YES 1/ . . NA
NEVADA 21.6% . 4.1% YES 1/ . . NA
    .            
NEW HAMPSHIRE 32.6% 41.8% 2.4% YES 30.4% 31.0% 18.1% YES
NEW JERSEY 36.4% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
NEW MEXICO 42.7% . 8.3% YES 57.5% . 48.3% YES
NEW YORK 38.5% . 0.0% YES 56.3% . 11.8% YES
NORTH CAROLINA 27.4% . 0.0% YES 46.7% . 34.6% YES
NORTH DAKOTA 30.4% . 7.5% YES 1/ . . NA
OHIO 56.1% 56.3% 0.0% YES 60.0% 60.0% 7.6% YES
OKLAHOMA 26.7% . 2.9% YES 1/ . . NA
OREGON 8.0% 61.1% 0.0% YES 18.9% 53.8% 31.7% YES
PENNSYLVANIA 10.4% . 0.0% YES 11.0% . 3.9% YES
                 
PUERTO RICO 5.6% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
RHODE ISLAND 24.6% . 22.9% YES 93.8% . 62.9% YES
SOUTH CAROLINA 30.2% 52.4% 0.7% YES 30.1% 54.7% 40.7% YES
SOUTH DAKOTA 42.5% . 9.3% YES 1/ . . NA
TENNESSEE 14.3% 41.2% 7.8% YES 1/ . . NA
TEXAS 21.1% 30.8% 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
UTAH 27.9% . 11.7% YES 1/ . . NA
VERMONT 21.4% . 8.8% YES 32.7% . 24.3% YES
VIRGIN ISLANDS 17.7% . 6.5% YES 1/ . . NA
VIRGINIA 22.6% 42.9% 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
                 
WASHINGTON 49.8% . 7.0% YES 50.7% . 40.1% YES
WEST VIRGINIA 19.2% . 0.0% YES 26.5% . 28.4% NO
WISCONSIN 69.4% . 0.0% YES 39.3% . 36.3% YES
WYOMING 82.9% . 0.0% YES 93.8% . 0.0% YES
1/ State does not have any two-parent families in its TANF Program.
2/ The work participation rate standard before the application of the caseload reduction credit is 50% for the all families rate and 90% for the two-parent rate.
ACF/OFA: 04-25-2003        

Last Updated on 9/2/2003
By ACF


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