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TABLE 1B

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
TANF Work Participation Rates, With and Without Waivers
Fiscal Year 2006

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 30.6% 32.5% . . 45.9% 45.9% . .
                 
ALABAMA 41.6% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
ALASKA 45.6% . 6.8% YES 54.2% . 43.3% YES
ARIZONA 29.6% . 11.6% YES 67.5% . 51.6% YES
ARKANSAS 27.9% . 2.7% YES 22.3% . 42.7% NO
CALIFORNIA 22.2% . 5.1% YES 1/ . . NA
COLORADO 30.0% . 0.0% YES 35.2% . 33.8% YES
CONNECTICUT 30.8% . 23.4% YES 1/ . . NA
DELAWARE 25.3% . 18.2% YES 1/ . . NA
DIST. OF COL. 17.1% . 14.4% YES 13.1% . 54.4% NO
FLORIDA 41.0% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
GEORGIA 64.9% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
GUAM 0.0% . 50.0% NO 0.0% . 90.0% NO
HAWAII 37.3% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
IDAHO 44.2% . 28.5% YES 39.2% . 19.2% YES
ILLINOIS 53.0% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
INDIANA 26.7% . 27.1% NO 1/ . . NA
IOWA 39.0% . 17.3% YES 1/ . . NA
KANSAS 77.2% . 38.8% YES 82.3% . 78.8% YES
KENTUCKY 44.6% . 11.9% YES 51.3% . 15.6% YES
LOUISIANA 38.4% . 0.0% YES 42.5% . 24.7% YES
MAINE 26.6% . 2.9% YES 1/ . . NA
MARYLAND 44.5% . 5.2% YES 1/ . . NA
MASSACHUSETTS 13.6% . 8.5% YES 1/ . . NA
MICHIGAN 21.6% . 0.0% YES 26.2% . 8.2% YES
MINNESOTA 30.3% . 14.9% YES 1/ . . NA
MISSISSIPPI 35.5% . 4.1% YES 1/ . . NA
MISSOURI 18.7% . 2.8% YES 1/ . . NA
MONTANA 79.2% . 16.3% YES 83.3% . 56.3% YES
NEBRASKA 32.0% . 31.1% YES 1/ . . NA
NEVADA 47.8% . 10.7% YES 1/ . . NA
NEW HAMPSHIRE 24.1% . 8.4% YES 1/ . . NA
NEW JERSEY 29.2% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
NEW MEXICO 42.3% . 13.2% YES 54.5% . 53.2% YES
NEW YORK 37.8% . 0.0% YES 48.9% . 28.2% YES
NORTH CAROLINA 32.4% . 0.0% YES 54.0% . 27.3% YES
NORTH DAKOTA 51.9% . 4.8% YES 1/ . . NA
OHIO 54.9% . 19.1% YES 55.5% . 48.5% YES
OKLAHOMA 32.9% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
OREGON 15.2% . 0.3% YES 22.6% . 13.9% YES
PENNSYLVANIA 26.1% . 0.0% YES 32.5% . 28.8% YES
PUERTO RICO 13.1% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
RHODE ISLAND 24.9% . 10.7% YES 94.3% . 50.7% YES
SOUTH CAROLINA 49.5% . 3.3% YES 64.7% . 43.3% YES
SOUTH DAKOTA 57.9% . 13.7% YES 1/ . . NA
TENNESSEE 16.8% 57.2% 19.1% YES 1/ . . NA
TEXAS 42.0% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
UTAH 42.5% . 27.3% YES 1/ . . NA
VERMONT 22.2% . 2.4% YES 33.9% . 30.8% YES
VIRGIN ISLANDS 14.5% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
VIRGINIA 53.9% . 0.8% YES 1/ . . NA
WASHINGTON 36.1% . 10.7% YES 43.1% . 32.5% YES
WEST VIRGINIA 26.2% . 0.0% YES 1/ . . NA
WISCONSIN 36.2% . 0.0% YES 17.1% . 11.6% YES
WYOMING 77.2% . 0.0% YES 75.9% . 0.0% 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: 08-14-2007

Last Updated on 8/15/2007
By ACF

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