Single source providing information on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program rules among States and across years (currently 1996-2010), including longitudinal tables with state TANF polices for selected years.

The TANF Financial Data tables compile Federal TANF and State MOE expenditures for reported by states by fiscal year. Units of Response: States Type of Data: Financial Tribal Data: No Periodicity: Annual Demographic Indicators: Not Applicable SORN: Not Applicable Data Use Agreement: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/rpxlogin Data Use Agreement Location: Unavailable Granularity: State Spatial: United States Geocoding: State

This dataset tracks the updates made on the dataset "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF):Data and Documentation:Sample Data Available to the Public" as a repository for previous versions of the data and metadata.

Increase the percentage of families who, after reporting employment, remain off Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits for 6 consecutive months from 84.1% in 2013 to 93% by 2018.

Provides sampled raw data that can be used to produce tables of characteristics, work participation status and financial circurmstantes of the TANF and SSP-MOE

Providers of services reimbursed (partially or fully) by the federal government must periodically determine whether the amounts of the reimbursement for said services exceed a certain threshold, above which the provider must perform (or hire someone to perform), an audit of their records. The purpose of this dataset is to give Providers of DCF contracted services the amounts for which the state of CT has claimed federal reimbursement for under TANF so that they can determine whether or not they will require an audit. Each row in the dataset represents the amount that CT has claimed TANF reimbursement for a specific provider, program and reporting quarter

TANF(Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Employment

This dataset captures changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families by state during the COVID-19 pandemic, from March 2020 through December 2020. It accompanies a soon-to-be submitted publication that describes the dataset and data collection processes.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues TANF state work participation rates, which measure how well states engage families receiving assistance in certain work activities during a fiscal year. For work participation rate purposes, states include the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the US territories of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. A state must meet an overall (or “all families”) and a two-parent work participation requirement or face a potential financial penalty.

Units of Response: TANF Recipients, Work-Eligible Individuals

Type of Data: Administrative

Tribal Data: Yes

Periodicity: Annual

Demographic Indicators: Not Applicable

SORN: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/02/2015-07440/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records-notice

Data Use Agreement: Unavailable

Data Use Agreement Location: Unavailable

Granularity: State

Spatial: United States

Geocoding: State

Increase the number of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) clients who complete career and technology programs or special projects in two-year colleges from 555 in 2014 to 700 by 2018.

Broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE) is a policy that makes most households categorically eligible for SNAP because they qualify for a non-cash Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or State maintenance of effort (MOE) funded benefit. The chart below shows which States implemented BBCE, the programs that confer BBCE, the asset limit of the TANF/MOE program, and the gross income limit of the TANF/MOE program. BBCE cannot limit eligibility. Households with seniors or disabled members that are not eligible for the program that confers categorical eligibility may apply for and receive SNAP under regular SNAP rules. Under regular program rules, households with elderly or disabled members do not need to meet the gross income limit, but must meet the net income limit.

Analysis of ‘Post-TANF Employments’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/bfe3e08f-a8da-4d54-9c0e-46f936b686ea on 26 January 2022.

--- Dataset description provided by original source is as follows ---

Increase the percentage of families who, after reporting employment, remain off Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits for 6 consecutive months from 84.1% in 2013 to 93% by 2018.

--- Original source retains full ownership of the source dataset ---

The Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients tables provide demographic data on the age and race/ethnicity of adults and children in TANF and Separate State Program (SSP)-Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) active families and closed cases, as well as data on the financial circumstances of TANF cash assistance recipients. Units of Response: TANF Recipients, States Type of Data: Administrative Tribal Data: No Periodicity: Annual Demographic Indicators: Disability;Ethnicity;Household Size;Race SORN: Not Applicable Data Use Agreement: https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/order_forms/termsofuseagreement.pdf Data Use Agreement Location: Unavailable Granularity: State Spatial: United States Geocoding: State

The TANF program was reauthorized under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The statute eliminated the funding for the High Performance Bonus under section 403 (a)(4) of the Social Security Act. Nevertheless, the Department was required under section 413(d) to annually rank state performance in moving TANF recipients into private sector employment.

Units of Response: State TANF Programs

Type of Data: Administrative

Tribal Data: No

Periodicity: Annual

Demographic Indicators: Unavailable

SORN: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/02/2015-07440/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records-notice

Data Use Agreement: Unavailable

Data Use Agreement Location: Unavailable

Granularity: State

Spatial: United States

Geocoding: State

Analysis of ‘TANF Training Programs’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/26c42ab4-82dc-44f7-ab57-b5167615f08f on 26 January 2022.

--- Dataset description provided by original source is as follows ---

Increase the number of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) clients who complete career and technology programs or special projects in two-year colleges from 555 in 2014 to 700 by 2018.

--- Original source retains full ownership of the source dataset ---

The Family Investment Program (FIP) is Iowa's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. FIP provides cash assistance to needy families, as they become self-supporting so children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives. Data are provided on the number of cases (families) served, the number of recipients served and the dollar value of the payments provided summed by month and county starting January 2011 and updated monthly. A case is defined as a family group who receives FIP assistance together. A recipient is an individual on a FIP case.

This study features Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) policy and enrollment data organized in three datasets. The data were originally collected for a companion paper, Pukelis, K. (2024). "SNAP Policies and Enrollment following the COVID-19 Pandemic." The SNAP COVID Policy Data (DS1) provides monthly data on states' adoption of policies to adjust SNAP enrollment requirements and benefits during the COVID-19 federal public health emergency, from March 2020 through June 2023. This dataset features information from all 50 states regarding policy waivers that were requested to simplify SNAP application and recertification requirements, temporarily waive recertification requirements, and provide emergency supplemental benefits. SNAP implementation procedures data from 2019 are also available for comparison. The SNAP County Enrollment Data (DS2) contains county-month level data on SNAP enrollment numbers, total benefits issued, applications, and recertifications, as well as a handful of measures on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and Medicaid. The SNAP State Enrollment Detail Data (DS3) includes state-month level data on SNAP enrollment details, including applications, recertifications, enrollment by demographic group, and information about office walk-in visits and calls to the assistance line. TANF and Medicaid state-month level data is also provided. The state enrollment file also features 62 variables detailing Louisiana case closures. County and state enrollment files contain demographic information for a limited number of states, including SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid enrollment by age group, and state-month SNAP enrollment by gender, race, and ethnicity.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a federal assistance program. The Act provides temporary financial assistance while aiming to get people off of that assistance, primarily through employment. Source: Maryland Department of Human Resources Years Available: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022

This dataset tracks the updates made on the dataset "TANF Financial Data" as a repository for previous versions of the data and metadata.

Archived as of 5/30/2025: The datasets will no longer receive updates but the historical data will continue to be available for download. In August 2018, 10 optional questions were added to all online applications through the state for health coverage, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It does not represent anyone who applied in-person, by telephone, by main, or any other method. In 2019, 79% of those who applied for SNAP, TANF, or health coverage applied online. The assessment does not impact eligibility for SNAP, TANF, or health coverage. Applications are filed at a household level and may represent several individuals. The application includes demographic information for the person who applied and not all members of the household. An individual may complete an assessment every time they apply for health coverage, SNAP or TANF. If an individual completed the survey more than once with multiple applications for assistance, each set of survey responses is represented on the dashboard. If an individual completes more than one assessment when applying for multiple programs, only one assessment will be represented in the data. To ensure personally identifiable information is protected, all data are presented in aggregate and data representing 20 or fewer individuals in any county will not be displayed (the demographic field will show as 0). Because some survey responses are not included in the individual race categories shown here, total counts from the individual race categories add up to less than the total for the "All" race category.