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Administration for Children and Families US Department of Health and Human Services

Table 1A

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TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES        
TANF WORK PARTICIPATION RATES        
FISCAL YEAR 1999        
                 
  ALL FAMILY RATES      
TWO-PARENT FAMILY RATES  
STATE RATE ADJUSTED STANDARD 3/ MET TARGET     RATE ADJUSTED STANDARD 3/ MET TARGET
UNITED STATES 38.3         54.7    
               
ALABAMA 37.4 0.0% 3     1/ NA
ALASKA 46.0 16.8% 3     44.8 66.8%  
ARIZONA 32.1 0.0% 3     88.4 48.9% 3
ARKANSAS 23.7 6.0% 3     10.5 61.0%  
CALIFORNIA 42.2 8.5% 3     54.3 36.9% 3
COLORADO 36.4 0.0% 3     41.2 44.9%  
CONNECTICUT 47.4 19.7% 3     1/ NA
DELAWARE 24.9 0.0% 3     1/ NA
DIST. OF COL. 26.7 13.9% 3     19.5 23.3%  
FLORIDA 31.6 0.0% 3     1/ NA
                 
GEORGIA 17.6 0.0% 3     1/ NA
GUAM 16.1 35.0%       10.7 90.0%  
HAWAII 41.1 23.1% 3     1/ NA
IDAHO 43.7 0.0% 3     44.0 20.6% 3
ILLINOIS 60.4 6.1% 3     92.4 46.2% 3
INDIANA 33.3 0.0% 3     41.4 32.3% 3
IOWA 54.8 4.7% 3     55.5 49.0% 3
KANSAS 57.3 3.9% 3     64.9 56.9% 3
KENTUCKY 38.1 5.8% 3     46.6 17.6% 3
LOUISIANA 29.4 0.0% 3     43.1 33.5% 3
                 
MAINE 54.9 5.9% 3     51.0 23.6% 3
MARYLAND 11.2 7.2% 3     1/ NA
MASSACHUSETTS 27.8 0.9% 3     66.4 55.9% 3
MICHIGAN 43.8 0.0% 3     69.1 15.2% 3
MINNESOTA 36.9 13.7% 3     43.6 68.7%  
MISSISSIPPI 27.0 0.0% 3     87.5 39.7% 3
MISSOURI 28.2 2.2% 3     29.8 0.0% 3
MONTANA 92.3 0.0% 3     87.0 45.2% 3
NEBRASKA 34.7 19.7% 3     53.8 74.7%  
NEVADA 34.8 1.1% 3     69.6 56.1% 3
                 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 29.9 0.0% 3     31.6 8.0% 3
NEW JERSEY 30.3 7.1% 3     1/ NA
NEW MEXICO 27.6 0.0% 3     29.3 54.1%  
NEW YORK 36.3 8.3% 3     58.4 23.1% 3
NORTH CAROLINA 16.0 0.0% 3     30.3 45.1%  
NORTH DAKOTA 31.7 0.8% 3     1/ NA
OHIO 53.7 1.4% 3     65.4 35.1% 3
OKLAHOMA 42.9 0.0% 3     1/ NA
OREGON 96.7 0.0% 3     96.1 38.5% 3
PENNSYLVANIA 16.2 0.9% 3     24.9 20.7% 3
                 
PUERTO RICO 20.7 12.3% 3     1/ NA
RHODE ISLAND 28.8 22.0% 3     94.7 77.0% 3
SOUTH CAROLINA 44.7 6.7% 3     78.1 61.7% 3
SOUTH DAKOTA 46.5 1.6% 3     1/ NA
TENNESSEE 41.1 0.0% 3     44.3 5.2% 3
TEXAS 27.3 0.0% 3     61.0 48.2% 3
UTAH 44.0 2.2% 3     1/ NA
VERMONT 2/ NA     2/   NA
VIRGIN ISLANDS 11.5 19.7%       1/ NA
VIRGINIA 41.1 0.0% 3     1/ NA
                 
WASHINGTON 40.3 12.9% 3     55.3 47.8% 3
WEST VIRGINIA 25.6 0.0% 3     25.9 51.1%  
WISCONSIN 80.1 0.0% 3     55.8 20.1% 3
WYOMING 57.7 0.0% 3     90.7 0.0% 3
                 
1/ State does not have any two-parent families in its TANF Program.         
2/ State claims waiver inconsistencies exempt all cases from participation rates.        
3/ The work participation rate standard before the application of the caseload reduction credit is 35% for the overall rate and 90% for the two-parent rate.        
                 
ACF/OPRE: 06-20-2000        

Last Updated on 09/05/2000
By ACF