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TABLE 1B

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
TANF Work Participation Rates, With and Without Waivers
Fiscal Year 2005

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 30.3% 33.0% . . 40.8% 42.6% . .
       
ALABAMA 38.6% . 0.0% YES 1/ . NA
ALASKA 45.7% . 4.8% YES 54.7% . 31.1% YES
ARIZONA 30.3% . 24.0% YES 74.2% . 64.0% YES
ARKANSAS 28.3% . 3.9% YES 45.9% . 43.9% YES
CALIFORNIA 25.9% . 4.5% YES 1/ . . NA
COLORADO 25.8% . 0.0% YES 32.1% . 30.8% YES
CONNECTICUT 33.8% . 23.4% YES 1/ . . NA
DELAWARE 22.6% . 17.6% YES 1/ . . NA
DIST. OF COL. 23.5% . 15.3% YES 35.9% . 55.3% NO
FLORIDA 38.0% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
GEORGIA 57.2% . 5.9% YES 1/ . . NA
GUAM 0.0% . 50.0% NO 0.0% . 90.0% NO
HAWAII 35.5% . 12.1% YES 1/ . . NA
IDAHO 39.9% . 27.9% YES 41.4% . 22.7% YES
ILLINOIS 43.0% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
INDIANA 30.9% . 33.4% NO 1/ . . NA
IOWA 47.8% . 11.0% YES 1/ . . NA
KANSAS 86.7% . 38.8% YES 92.8% . 78.8% YES
KENTUCKY 39.7% . 10.1% YES 48.9% . 13.0% YES
LOUISIANA 34.6% . 0.0% YES 37.0% . 26.8% YES
MAINE 28.3% . 1.1% YES 1/ . . NA
MARYLAND 20.5% . 6.5% YES 1/ . . NA
MASSACHUSETTS 12.6% 59.9% 8.4% YES 13.5% 58.2% 48.4% YES
MICHIGAN 22.0% . 0.0% YES 30.4% . 7.6% YES
MINNESOTA 28.9% . 18.8% YES 1/ . . NA
MISSISSIPPI 22.6% . 5.4% YES 1/ . . NA
MISSOURI 20.0% . 4.5% YES 1/ . . NA
MONTANA 83.1% . 13.2% YES 85.4% . 53.2% YES
NEBRASKA 31.8% . 28.6% YES 1/ . . NA
NEVADA 42.3% . 10.3% YES 1/ . . NA
NEW HAMPSHIRE 24.6% . 7.4% YES 1/ . . NA
NEW JERSEY 29.0% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
NEW MEXICO 41.6% . 12.0% YES 57.5% . 52.0% YES
NEW YORK 35.2% . 0.0% YES 43.4% . 6.7% YES
NORTH CAROLINA 27.5% . 0.0% YES 44.7% . 31.4% YES
NORTH DAKOTA 31.4% . 8.8% YES 1/ . . NA
OHIO 58.3% . 15.7% YES 58.1% . 43.3% YES
OKLAHOMA 34.0% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
OREGON 14.9% . 0.0% YES 21.1% . 3.6% YES
PENNSYLVANIA 15.2% . 0.0% YES 17.7% . 15.6% YES
PUERTO RICO 13.1% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
RHODE ISLAND 24.2% . 13.1% YES 95.1% . 53.1% YES
SOUTH CAROLINA 54.3% . 3.0% YES 63.7% . 43.0% YES
SOUTH DAKOTA 57.5% . 10.9% YES 1/ . . NA
TENNESSEE 14.3% 52.1% 19.6% YES 1/ . . NA
TEXAS 38.9% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
UTAH 30.3% . 17.8% YES 1/ . . NA
VERMONT 22.4% . 5.5% YES 35.8% . 34.9% YES
VIRGIN ISLANDS 16.9% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
VIRGINIA 46.3% . 0.1% YES 1/ . . NA
WASHINGTON 38.6% . 6.9% YES 37.7% . 26.8% YES
WEST VIRGINIA 16.3% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
WISCONSIN 44.3% . 1.3% YES 25.5% . 21.1% YES
WYOMING 82.1% . 0.0% YES 65.2% . 1.2% YES
KEY
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: 04-23-2007

Last Updated on 7/31/2007
By ACF

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