A Study of Work Participation and Full Engagement Strategies

Appendix C:
Analysis of Participation in Program Activities for El Paso County and Utah

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Table C.1.
Types Of Activities among August 2003 Recipients-El Paso County

Types of Activities	Percentage
August
Core federally countable activities only	31
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	12.4
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	2.2
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	12.2
Other federally countable activities only	2.2
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	2.5
Nonfederal activities only	27.4
No activities/off welfare	9.3
Other	0.8
September
Core federally countable activities only	34
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	13
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	3.6
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	13.5
Other federally countable activities only	1.8
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	2.3
Nonfederal activities only	26.2
No activities/off welfare	4.7
Other	1
October
Core federally countable activities only	32.8
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	11.9
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	2.5
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	9.2
Other federally countable activities only	2
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	2.2
Nonfederal activities only	20.6
No activities/off welfare	18.1
Other	0.7
November
Core federally countable activities only	28.8
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	11.7
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	1.1
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	8.6
Other federally countable activities only	2
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	1.8
Nonfederal activities only	16.8
No activities/off welfare	28.7
Other	0.6
December
Core federally countable activities only	24.2
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	10.1
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	1.3
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	7.6
Other federally countable activities only	1.7
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	1.3
Nonfederal activities only	14.3
No activities/off welfare	38.5
Other	1.1
Sample Size	1,204

Table C.2.
Types of Activities among August 2003 Recpients by Case Management in El Paso County

Types of Activities	Hard-to-Employ	Job-Ready
August
Core federally countable activities only	21.6	39.3
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	7.1	16.1
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	1	2.9
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	7.9	15.7
Other federally countable activities only	2.5	2.2
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	2.9	2.4
Nonfederal activities only	45.2	14.1
No activities/off welfare	10.4	6.3
Other	1.5	0.2
September
Core federally countable activities only	23.7	42.9
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	7.3	17.9
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	1.9	4.9
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	9.8	16.6
Other federally countable activities only	2.9	1.2
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	2.5	2.4
Nonfederal activities only	44.8	12.5
No activities/off welfare	5.6	1.5
Other	1.7	0.2
October
Core federally countable activities only	21.6	42.4
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	6.9	16.2
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	0.6	3.5
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	6.2	11.5
Other federally countable activities only	3.3	1.2
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	1.7	2.8
Nonfederal activities only	38	8.4
No activities/off welfare	20.5	14
Other	1.2	0.2
November
Core federally countable activities only	17.2	38.1
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	6	16.2
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	0.6	1.5
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	6.4	10.6
Other federally countable activities only	3.1	1.3
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	1	2.5
Nonfederal activities only	31.3	6.5
No activities/off welfare	33.2	23.2
Other	1	0.2
December
Core federally countable activities only	14.7	31.8
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	4.4	14.9
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	0.2	2.1
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	3.7	10.6
Other federally countable activities only	2.3	1.3
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	1.2	1.5
Nonfederal activities only	28.2	4.4
No activities/off welfare	42.7	33.5
Other	2.5	0
Sample Size	482	680

Table C.3.
Types of Activities among May 2003 Recipients-Utah

Types of Activities	Percentage
May
Core federally countable activities only	16.4
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	2.4
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	5.1
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	25.7
Other federally countable activities only	1.2
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	5.0
Nonfederal activities only	26.3
No activities/other	17.9
June
Core federally countable activities only	17.0
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	2.4
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	5.0
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	26.8
Other federally countable activities only	1.2
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	4.9
Nonfederal activities only	28.1
No activities/other	14.7
July
Core federally countable activities only	15.8
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	2.1
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	4.3
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	25.0
Other federally countable activities only	1.0
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	4.3
Nonfederal activities only	25.9
No activities/other	21.5
August
Core federally countable activities only	14.3
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	1.8
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	3.9
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	22.9
Other federally countable activities only	0.8
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	3.5
Nonfederal activities only	22.9
No activities/other	29.8
September
Core federally countable activities only	12.9
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	1.6
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	3.4
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	21.1
Other federally countable activities only	0.7
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	3.6
Nonfederal activities only	20.8
No activities/other	35.9
October
Core federally countable activities only	12.4
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	1.3
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	3.1
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	17.9
Other federally countable activities only	0.7
Other federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	3.1
Nonfederal activities only	18.8
No activities/other	42.8
Sample Size	6,187

Table C.4.
Types of Activities in May 2003 by Time on TANF in Utah

Types of Activities	Long-Term (>36 months)	Shorter-Term (<=36 months)
Core federally countable activities only	16.9	16.4
Core federally countable and other federally countable activities	2.0	2.5
Core federally countable, other federally countable, and nonfederal activities	5.1	5.1
Core federally countable activities and nonfederal activities	24.2	25.8
Other federally countable activities only	1.2	1.2
Other federally countable activities and activities	4.2	5.0
Nonfederal activities only	29.1	26.0
No activities/other	17.4	18.0
Sample Size	611	5,576

Table C.5.
TANF Program Status among Recipients with no Activities

	Percentage
	El Paso County		Utah
Recipients With No Activities in	Among All Recipients	Among Recipients with No Activities	Among All Recipients	Among Recipients with No Activities
Cases that opened or closed in typical montha	5.5	54.1	6.6	39.8
Cases that opened in previous month	--	--	4.2	25.3
Cases that closed in following month	0.2	2.5	0.6	3.8
Other cases with no activities in typical month	4.4	43.1	5.2	31.0
Sample size	1204	122	6187	1109
a The typical month in El Paso County is August 2003, and the typical month in Utah is May 2003. In El Paso County, most case that “opened” were reinstated—that is, the cases were closed, but reopened within 30 days.  Cases that were reinstated may have been reinstated in typical month or before.  Data on case openings prior to typical month are not available for El Paso County.

Table C.6.
Activities in August 2003-El Paso County

	Percentage
Activity	All Recipients	Hard-to-Employ	Job-Ready
Assessment/IRC completed	11.5	13.2	10.2
Basic education	1.2	1.7	0.7
Child care for community-service participants	0.0	0.0	0.0
Case management	10.9	10.8	11.0
Conciliation	0.2	0.2	0.2
County-defined work activities	22.7	34.2	14.3
Community work experience (public sector)	2.4	0.2	4.1
Community-service activities	2.7	2.5	2.9
State diversion	1.2	1.7	0.7
IRC revision	31.0	10.8	47.1
English as a second language	0.3	0.2	0.4
GED	7.5	5.0	9.7
Holding	5.8	11.2	2.1
High school	0.3	0.4	0.3
Full-time unsubsidized employment	12.5	10.2	14.9
Job search/job readiness	42.5	23.2	58.4
Job skills training	5.8	2.5	8.4
On-the-job training	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pending work activity	0.9	0.6	1.2
Postsecondary education	6.0	3.7	7.9
Part-time employment	10.6	7.1	13.7
Alternative work experience (private sector)	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sanction request	0.2	0.2	0.0
Employer-specific job skills training	5.7	3.5	7.5
Temporary employment	0.3	0.0	0.4
Work study	0.7	0.6	0.7
Work supplementation (private sector)	0.0	0.0	0.0
Work supplementation (public sector)	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sample Size	1204	482	680

Table C.7.
Activities in May 2003-Utah

	Percentage
Type of Activity	All Recipients	Long-Term (>36 months)	Shorter-Term (<=36 months)
Employment	14.3	12.9	14.5
Work experience	1.8	2.8	1.7
On-the-job training	0.1	0.3	0.1
Job search	31.5	30.4	31.6
Vocational education	9.5	7.9	9.7
Job skills training	13.4	12.3	13.5
Education with no high school diploma	13.5	12.3	13.6
Satisfactory school	0.2	0.2	0.2
Other work activities	62.0	62.7	61.9
No activities/other	17.9	17.4	18.0
Sample Size	6,187	611	5,576

Table C.8.
All Allowable Activities in May 2003-Utah

Activity	Percentage of All Activities	Percentage of Type of Activity
Employment
Employment	6.1	100.0
Employment support	0.0	0.0
Summer youth employment	0.0	0.0
Youth employment	0.0	0.0
Work Experience
Apprenticeship/younger youth	0.0	0.0
Apprenticeship	0.0	0.0
Private paid internship	0.0	0.0
Private unpaid internship	0.1	14.3
Public paid internship	0.0	0.0
Public unpaid internship	0.6	85.7
Youth internships/worksite learning	0.0	0.0
On-the-Job Training	0.1	100.0
Job Search
Chose to work	0.1	0.6
Individualized job search	8.9	54.3
Intensive employment services	0.7	4.3
Job connection activities	1.7	10.4
Job readiness	1.2	7.3
Job retention skills training workshop	0.3	1.8
Other employment-related/work readiness training	1.6	9.8
Out-of-area job search	0.0	0.0
Pre-employment skills training workshop	1.9	11.6
Relocation assistance	0.0	0.0
Resume building workshop	0.0	0.0
Welfare-to-work (GROW)	0.0	0.0
Vocational Education
Applied technology	2.8	66.6
Associates degree	1.4	33.3
Education With No High School Diploma
Basic skills/remediation	0.4	7.0
English as a second language	0.3	5.3
GED/high school diploma	5.0	87.7
Leadership development	0.0	0.0
Younger youth work readiness skills	0.0	0.0
Satisfactory School
Alternative school services	0.0	0.0
Citizenship/leadership services	0.0	0.0
Occupational skills training	0.1	100.0
Youth tutoring/dropout prevention	0.0	0.0
Younger youth basic skills	0.0	0.0
Younger youth occupational skills	0.0	0.0
Other Work Activities
Assessment review	2.0	3.0
Child care	8.5	12.7
Child support enforcement	8.2	12.3
Comprehensive guidance and counseling	0.0	0.0
Cultural assimilation	0.0	0.0
DWS social worker assessment	2.1	3.1
Employment mentoring	0.1	0.1
Family counseling	0.6	0.9
Family violence treatment	1.1	1.6
Formal assessment	2.1	3.1
Initial/comprehensive assessment	1.3	1.9
Job Corps	0.0	0.0
Life skills (other)	3.3	4.9
Mental health treatment	6.9	10.3
Nonparticipation assessment	0.9	1.3
Physical treatment	8.1	12.1
Problem-solving assessment	2.5	3.7
Pursuing disability income	3.2	4.8
Resolving transportation issues	0.7	1.0
Resolving child care issues	0.9	1.3
Resolving rural location issues	0.0	0.0
Resolving housing issues	1.5	2.2
Resolving court/legal issues	1.5	2.2
Substance abuse treatment	1.5	2.2
Transportation	0.6	0.9
Youth assessment	0.0	0.0
Youth formal assessment	0.0	0.0
Youth mentoring/counseling	0.0	0.0
Other support services	5.5	8.2
Other	3.6	5.4
Sample Size	14,516

Table C.9.
Average Number of Activities in August 2003-El Paso County

	Percentage
Number of Activitiesa	All Recipients	Hard-to-Employ	Job-Ready
0	9.9	11.2	6.5
1	42.9	54.6	35.4
2	31.6	24.9	37.4
3	11.5	7.5	15.0
4	4.0	1.7	5.7
5 +	0.1	0.2	0.0
Sample Size	1,204	482	680
aIRC revision, diversion, and sanction are not considered activities and are included in the 0 percentage.

Table C.10.
Average Number of Activities in May 2003-Utah

	Percentage
Number of Activities	All Recipients	Recipients in an Employment Category
0	16.6	0.0
1	13.4	10.5
2	23.6	25.5
3	23.3	31.7
4	14.6	21.1
5+	8.4	11.3
Sample Size	6,187	887

Table C.11.
Activities Combined with Employment in August 2003-El Paso County

	Percentage of Recipients
Activity	Working Full Time	Working Part Time	Not Working
Assessment/IRC completed	2.7	3.9	13.8
Basic education	0.0	0.0	1.5
Child care for community-service participants	0.0	0.0	0.0
Case management	2.7	11.0	12.1
Conciliation	0.0	0.0	0.2
County-defined work activities	7.3	5.5	27.3
Community work experience	2.0	0.8	2.7
Community-service activities (public sector)	2.0	2.4	2.9
State diversion	0.0	0.8	1.4
IRC revision	46.4	48.2	26.6
English as a second language	0.7	0.0	0.3
Ged	7.3	11.8	6.9
Holding	0.0	0.8	7.3
High school	0.7	0.0	0.3
Full-time unsubsidized employment	100.0	11.0	0.0
Job search/job readiness	34.4	53.5	42.5
Job skills training	5.3	4.7	6.0
On-the-job training	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pending work activity	0.7	0.8	1.0
Postsecondary education	5.3	13.4	5.3
Part-time employment	9.3	100.0	0.0
Alternative work experience(private sector)	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sanction request	0.0	0.0	0.2
Employer-specific job skills training	6.0	9.5	5.2
Temporary employment	0.0	0.8	0.2
Work study	0.7	1.6	0.6
Work supplementation (private sector)	0.0	0.0	0.0
Work supplementation (public sector)	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sample Size	151	127	940

Table C.12.
Activities Combined with Employment in May 2003-Utah

Activity	Percentage of Recipients
Work experience	1.1
On-the-job training	0.1
Job search	21.9
Vocational education	12.3
Job skills training	12.7
Education with no high school diploma	12.9
Satisfactory school	0.1
Other work activities	54.6
Sample Size	887

Table C.13.
Average Scheduled and Actual Hours among Federally Countable Activities in August 2003-El Paso County

Activity	Sample Size	Average Weekly Scheduled Hours	Percent with 0 Scheduled Hours	Average Monthly Actual Hours	Percent with 0 Actual Hours	Ratio of Actual to Scheduleda
All Recipients
One	338	25.3	0	71.0	30.8	0.71
Two	298	22.2	0	56.6	31.9	0.78
Three	116	20.5	0	47.3	28.5	0.77
Four	43	40.8	0	20.2	4.7	0.13
Five	19	30.8	0	19.1	10.5	0.20
All	338	36.1	0	92.0	24.6	0.70
Hard-to-Employ
All	110	33.1	0	82.0	29.1	0.72
Job-Ready
All	225	37.7	0	97.4	21.8	0.70
a Scheduled hours are weekly and actual hours are monthly.  For purposes of calculating the ratio, scheduled weekly hours are multiplied by 4.  Ratios exclude cases with 0 scheduled hours.

Table C.14.
Average Scheduled and Actual Hours among Those in Activity in August 2003-El Paso County

Activity	Scheduled	Actual	Ratio (Actual/Scheduled)a
Basic education	15.8	45.9	1.42
Community work experience	19.1	64.0	0.81
Community service activities (public sector)	13.3	23.2	0.56
English as a second language	18.8	38.3	0.43
GED	13.6	30.5	0.68
High school	28.6	59.0	0.54
Full-time unsubsidized employment	42.6	105.1	0.70
Job search/job readiness	30.2	39.5	0.35
Job skills training	19.7	63.3	1.10
Postsecondary education	20.2	65.6	0.92
Part-time employment	19.7	55.5	0.74
Employer-specific job skills training	12.1	25.6	0.76
Temporary employment	31.7	89.7	0.66
Work study	22.5	56.8	0.68
Sample Size	1,204
a Scheduled hours are weekly and actual hours are monthly.  For purposes of calculating the ratio, scheduled weekly hours are multiplied by 4.  Ratios exclude cases with 0 scheduled hours.

Table C.15.
Average Weekly Hours in Activities in May 2003-Utah

	Percentage or Average
Any Activity
1-19	39.7%
20-29	21.3%
30-39	27.8%
40+	11.2%
Average	22.0
Average Among Those in Activity
Employment	23.6
Work experience	21.1
On-the-job training	25.9
Job search	14.8
Vocational education	17.9
Job skills training	11.5
Education with no high school diploma	11.4
Satisfactory school	12.9
Nonfederal activities	4.5
Sample Size	5,117

Table C.16.
Length of Time in Activities During Study Period among Recpients in Activity in August 2003-El Paso County

	Percentage
Activity	Sample size	1 month	2 months	3 months	4 months	5 months	Avg.
Assessment/IRC completed	222	83.3	14.0	1.4	0.5	0.9	1.2
Basic education	17	0.0	17.7	29.4	17.7	35.5	3.7
Child care for community-service participants	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Case management	240	35.6	27.9	17.9	10.4	9.2	2.335.
County-defined work activities	353	10.8	24.4	17.6	12.2	35.1	3.4
Community work experience (public sector)	59	17.0	33.9	23.7	10.2	15.3	2.7
Community-service activities	49	24.5	26.5	10.2	18.4	20.4	2.8
English as a second language	7	0.0	57.4	14.3	14.3	14.3	2.9
GED	129	15.5	26.4	12.4	20.9	24.8	3.1
Holding	82	6.1	18.3	26.8	17.1	31.7	3.5
High school	6	33.3	0.0	33.3	33.3	0.0	2.7
Full-time unsubsidized employment	301	20.6	33.2	28.2	10.0	8.0	2.5
Job search/job readiness	737	13.7	22.1	20.1	17.4	26.7	3.2
Job skills training	99	18.2	23.2	18.2	18.2	22.2	3.0
On-the-job training	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pending work activity	61	54.1	37.7	8.2	0.0	0.0	1.5
Postsecondary education	97	8.3	18.6	16.5	27.8	28.9	3.5
Part-time employment	230	19.1	30.0	22.2	14.4	14.4	2.7
Alternative work experience (private sector)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Employer-specific job skills training	140	37.9	22.9	20.7	10.0	8.6	2.9
Temporary employment	10	10.0	60.0	20.0	10.0	0.0	2.3
Work study	8	12.5	12.5	25.0	12.5	37.5	3.5
Work supplementation (private sector)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Work supplementation (public sector)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Table C.17.
Length of Time in Activities During Study Period Among Recpients in Activity in August 2003
by Case Management-El Paso County

	Percentage Among Hard-to-Employ
Activity	Sample size	1 month	2 months	3 months	4 months	5 months
Assessment/IRC completed	102	78.4	17.7	1.0	1.0	2.0
Basic education	9	0.0	22.2	11.1	22.2	44.4
Child care for community-service participants	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Case management	78	18.0	26.9	18.0	14.1	23.1
County-defined work activities	196	6.1	20.4	15.3	15.3	42.9
Community work experience (public sector)	3	0.0	66.7	0.0	33.3	0.0
Community-service activities	13	7.7	23.1	7.7	23.1	38.5
English as a second language	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0
GED	29	17.2	24.1	10.3	24.1	24.1
Holding	63	6.4	14.3	25.4	20.6	33.3
High school	4	25.0	0.0	50.0	25.0	0.0
Full-time unsubsidized employment	92	12.0	33.7	32.6	15.2	6.5
Job search/job readiness	172	25.0	27.3	19.7	12.8	15.1
Job skills training	16	18.8	6.3	31.1	37.5	6.3
On-the-job training	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pending work activity	11	63.3	36.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Postsecondary education	26	7.7	30.8	11.5	23.1	26.9
Part-time employment	56	10.7	37.5	23.2	17.9	10.7
Alternative work experience (private sector)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Employer-specific job skills training	27	33.3	14.8	18.5	22.2	11.1
Temporary employment	1	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Work study	3	33.3	33.3	0.0	0.0	33.3
Work supplementation (private sector)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Work supplementation (public sector)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Percentage Among Job-Ready
Activity	Sample size	1 month	2 months	3 months	4 months	5 months
Assessment/IRC completed	106	85.9	12.3	1.9	0.0	0.0
Basic education	7	0.0	14.3	42.9	14.3	28.6
Child care for community-service participants	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Case management	155	43.2	27.7	17.4	9.0	2.6
County-defined work activities	143	18.2	27.3	20.3	9.1	25.2
Community work experience (public sector)	55	18.2	30.9	25.5	9.1	16.4
Community-service activities	35	28.6	28.6	11.4	17.1	14.3
English as a second language	5	0.0	80.0	20.0	0.0	0.0
GED	98	15.3	25.5	13.3	20.4	25.5
Holding	16	6.3	25.0	31.3	6.3	31.3
High school	2	50.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0
Full-time unsubsidized employment	208	24.5	33.2	26.0	7.7	8.7
Job search/job readiness	556	10.4	9.8	20.1	18.9	30.8
Job skills training	82	18.3	26.8	15.9	14.6	24.4
On-the-job training	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pending work activity	50	52.0	38.0	10.0	0.0	0.0
Postsecondary education	71	8.5	14.1	18.3	29.6	29.6
Part-time employment	171	21.6	26.9	22.2	13.5	15.8
Alternative work experience (private sector)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Employer-specific job skills training	113	38.9	24.8	21.2	7.1	8.0
Temporary employment	9	11.1	66.7	11.1	11.1	0.0
Work study	5	0.0	40.0	20.0	40.0	0.0
Work supplementation (private sector)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Work supplementation (public sector)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Table C.18.
Average Length of Time in Activities among Activities Open in May 2003-Utah

		Percentage of Activities
Type of Activity Open in May 2003	Average	1-3 months	4-6 months	7-12 months	13-24 months	25 + months
Any	7.8	32.5	24.7	27.3	13.4	2.1
Employment	6.9	37.4	24.7	26.6	9.8	1.5
Work experience	5.6	47.4	26.3	21.1	4.4	0.9
On-the-job training	3.2	85.7	0.0	14.3	0.0	0.0
Job search	5.2	47.5	29.8	18.3	4.0	0.4
Vocational education	10.4	19.3	17.9	34.2	26.3	2.4
Job skills training	7.0	30.4	30.3	29.2	8.9	1.2
Education with no high school diploma	7.0	30.3	30.2	29.5	8.8	1.2
Satisfactory school	9.4	22.2	16.7	44.4	16.7	0.0
Other work activities	8.4	30.2	23.1	28.0	15.9	2.8
Sample Size	14,516

Table C.19.
Recipients in Job Search/Job Readiness and Education Activities Beyond the Federal Time Limit in August 2003-El Paso County^(a)

	All Recipients		Hard-to-Employ		Job-Ready
Activity	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
One	266	22.1	56	11.6	210	30.9
Two	89	7.4	21	4.4	68	10.0
Three	30	2.5	2	0.4	28	4.1
Four	10	0.8	1	0.2	9	1.3
Five	4	0.3	1	0.2	3	0.4
Any activity	361	30.0	77	16.0	284	41.8
Sample Size	1,204		482		680
a The federal time limits for these activities are 6 weeks per fiscal year with certain exceptions and 12 months per lifetime, respectively.

Table C.20.
Transitions among August 2003 Recipients with Activities in Each Month from August to December 2003-El Paso County

	All Recipients	Hard-to-Employ	Job-Ready
August - September
Moved forwarda	7.9	6.6	8.7
Moved backwardb	2.3	3.3	2.6
No move	89.3	90.1	88.7
September - October
Moved forward	5.3	1.9	6.9
Moved backward	2.1	2.4	2.1
No move	92.6	95.8	91.0
October - November
Moved forward	3.9	4.7	3.6
Moved backward	2.6	2.8	2.6
No move	93.4	92.5	93.9
November - December
Moved forward	3.6	2.8	3.6
Moved backward	1.6	1.4	1.8
No move	95.1	95.8	94.6
Ever
Moved forward	20.0	16.0	22.3
Moved backward	9.0	9.9	8.7
Sample Size	609	213	390
a Recipient who moved forward moved from nonfederal activities only to any federally countable activity, or from other federally countable activities to core federally countable activities. b Recipients who moved backward moved from core federally countable activities to other federally countable activities and/or nonfederal activities, or from other federally countable activities to nonfederal activities only.

Table C.21.
Transitions among May 2003 Recipients with Activities In Each Month from May to October 2003-Utah

	All Recipients	Long-Term (>36 months)	Shorter-Term (<=36 months)
May - June
Moved forwarda	4.9	4.2	5.0
Moved backwardb	4.2	2.7	4.4
No move	90.0	93.1	90.7
June - July
Moved forward	5.0	3.9	5.2
Moved backward	4.9	5.0	4.8
No move	90.1	91.2	90.0
July - August
Moved forward	5.6	8.1	5.3
Moved backward	4.3	6.2	4.1
No move	90.2	85.8	90.7
August - September
Moved forward	4.8	4.6	4.8
Moved backward	4.3	3.1	4.4
No move	91.0	92.3	90.8
September - October
Moved forward	4.4	3.9	4.5
Moved backward	4.3	3.9	4.4
No move	91.3	92.3	91.2
Ever
Moved forward	23.4	23.5	23.4
Moved backward	21.2	20.8	21.1
Sample Size	2678	260	2418
a Recipient who moved forward moved from nonfederal activities only to any federally countable activity, or from other federally countable activities to core federally countable activities. b Recipients who moved backward moved from core federally countable activities to other federally countable activities and/or nonfederal activities, or from other federally countable activities to nonfederal activities only.

Table C.22.
Federal Participation Rate Status among All TANF Recipeints

	Percentage
Type of Activities	Included in Numeratora	Excluded from Numerator	Exempt from Calculation
El Paso County (N=1,204)
Core countable only	10.29	20.43	0.25
Core and other countable	6.73	5.48	0.17
Core and other countable and nonfederal	0.42	1.50	0.17
Core countable and nonfederal	1.33	9.39	1.50
Other countable only	0.83	1.41	0.00
Other countable and nonfederal	0.42	1.58	0.50
Nonfederal only	0.00	24.58	2.82
None/other	0.00	10.13	0.00
All types	20.02	74.50	5.48
Utah (N=6,187)
Core countable only	8.37	7.82	0.21
Core and other countable	1.07	1.36	0.00
Core and other countable and nonfederal	1.92	3.12	0.03
Core countable and nonfederal	9.33	15.56	0.78
Other countable only	0.34	0.89	0.00
Other countable and nonfederal	0.68	4.22	0.05
Nonfederal only	0.70	23.90	1.49
None/other	1.66	15.61	0.52
All types	24.07	72.30	3.07
a In order to be included in the numerator of the federal participation rate, adults in single-parent families must participate in federally countable activities for at least 30 hours per week, and at least 20 of those hours must be in core countable activities.  However, if the TANF recipient is a single teenager or married teen without a high school diploma, she may be included in the numerator if she maintains satisfactory high school attendance or is engaged in school directly related to work for at least 20 hours per week.  The majority of those in other countable activities only or in other countable and nonfederal activities are teenage recipients who are meeting their work requirements through school.  It is likely that the small number of cases in Utah that are in nonfederal activities only and appear here in the numerator represent a data reporting error.

Table C.23.
Federal Participation Rate Status among TANF Recipeints Assigned to Various Types of Activities

Percentage
Type of Activities	Sample Size	Included in Numeratora	Excluded from Numerator — Not Participating	Excluded from Numerator — Not Meeting Minimum Requirements	Exempt from Calculation
El Paso County
Core countable only	373	33.24	43.97	21.98	0.8
Core and other countable	149	54.36	22.82	21.48	1.34
Core and other countable and nonfederal	26	19.23	53.85	15.38	11.54
Core countable and nonfederal	147	10.88	55.78	21.09	12.24
Other countable only	27	37.03	55.56	7.41	0.00
Other countable and nonfederal	30	16.67	50.00	13.33	20.03
Nonfederal only	330	0.00	89.39	0.30	10.31
None/other	122	0.00	99.18	0.82	0.00
Utah
Core countable only	1017	50.94	22.23	25.57	1.28
Core and other countable	150	44.00	7.33	48.67	0.00
Core and other countable and nonfederal	314	37.90	4.78	56.69	0.64
Core countable and nonfederal	1588	36.33	27.21	33.44	3.02
Other countable only	76	27.64	13.16	59.21	0.00
Other countable and nonfederal	306	13.72	16.01	69.28	0.98
Nonfederal only	1627	2.64	81.87	9.83	5.66
None/other	1109	9.29	60.59	27.23	2.88
a See note in Table C-22.

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