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

Office of Planning Research and Evaluation

TABLE 1B

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TANF Work Participation Rates, With and Without Waivers
Fiscal Year 2000
STATE ALL FAMILY RATES   TWO-PARENT FAMILY RATES
ABSENT WAIVER WITH WAIVER ADJUSTED STANDARD 3/ MET TARGET   ABSENT WAIVER WITH WAIVER ADJUSTED STANDARD 3/ MET TARGET
UNITED STATES 29.7 34.0 - -   42.1 48.9 - -
                   
ALABAMA 37.7 - 0.0% YES   1/ - - NA
ALASKA 42.1 - 11.2% YES   46.4 - 55.5% -
ARIZONA 39.7 - 0.0% YES   67.6 - 41.5% YES
ARKANSAS 20.8 - 5.6% YES   19.2 - 55.6% -
CALIFORNIA 27.5 - 7.9% YES   1/ - - NA
COLORADO 36.6 - 0.0% YES   46.9 - 28.9% YES
CONNECTICUT 33.2 43.0 27.5% YES   1/ - - NA
DELAWARE 16.8 27.6 0.0% YES   1/ - - NA
DIST. OF COL. 24.4 - 11.2% YES   22.5 - 21.3% YES
FLORIDA 33.0 - 0.0% YES   1/ - - NA
                   
GEORGIA 12.2 - 0.0% YES   1/ - - NA
GUAM 0.0 - 40.0%     0.0 - 90.0% -
HAWAII 24.5 29.7 24.9% YES   1/ - - NA
IDAHO 47.7 - 0.0% YES   41.8 - 17.4% YES
ILLINOIS 59.2 - 0.0% YES   92.1 - 5.8% YES
INDIANA 40.8 72.3 0.0% YES   1/ - - NA
IOWA 41.8 - 0.8% YES   54.2 - 34.4% YES
KANSAS 49.0 77.4 17.3% YES   49.3 76.4 67.3% YES
KENTUCKY 25.6 - 0.0% YES   35.8 - 10.1% YES
LOUISIANA 33.5 - 0.0% YES   53.3 - 45.4% YES
                   
MAINE 40.0 - 9.3% YES   53.7 - 20.9% YES
MARYLAND 6.3 - 1.2% YES   1/ - - NA
MASSACHUSETTS 7.1 69.2 0.0% YES   19.1 78.7 47.6% YES
MICHIGAN 36.4 - 0.0% YES   61.7 - 4.1% YES
MINNESOTA 29.3 34.7 9.2% YES   32.8 43.4 59.2% -
MISSISSIPPI 17.8 - 0.0% YES   12.5 - 36.1% -
MISSOURI 30.4 34.0 0.0% YES   34.9 40.4 0.0% YES
MONTANA 36.2 68.2 0.0% YES   77.4 89.2 33.8% YES
NEBRASKA 15.8 22.6 14.1% YES   1/ - - NA
NEVADA 37.4 - 0.0% YES   60.5 - 41.1% YES
                   
NEW HAMPSHIRE 30.0 53.1 0.0% YES   26.5 27.7 14.5% YES
NEW JERSEY 37.8 - 1.0% YES   1/ - - NA
NEW MEXICO 36.9 - 16.8% YES   37.9 - 66.8% -
NEW YORK 33.2 - 5.2% YES   53.0 - 18.8% YES
NORTH CAROLINA 19.2 - 0.0% YES   34.7 - 41.7% -
NORTH DAKOTA 35.7 - 0.0% YES   1/ - - NA
OHIO 52.8 52.9 0.0% YES   64.9 64.9 12.5% YES
OKLAHOMA 33.9 - 0.0% YES   1/ - - NA
OREGON 10.6 64.0 0.0% YES   17.9 47.0 33.3% YES
PENNSYLVANIA 11.2 - 0.0% YES   11.7 - 6.1% YES
                   
PUERTO RICO 20.0 - 6.9% YES   1/ - - NA
RHODE ISLAND 25.0 - 24.3% YES   95.8 - 74.3% YES
SOUTH CAROLINA 25.0 54.0 0.0% YES   26.5 78.4 50.0% YES
SOUTH DAKOTA 46.5 - 3.1% YES   1/ - - NA
TENNESSEE 24.9 35.4 0.0% YES   1/ - - NA
TEXAS 7.8 25.6 0.0% YES   11.7 49.0 38.3% YES
UTAH 27.9 31.1 5.8% YES   1/ - - NA
VERMONT 11.6 2/ 40.0% NA   30.3 2/ - NA
VIRGIN ISLANDS 6.1 - 16.2%     1/ - - NA
VIRGINIA 24.6 44.9 0.0% YES   1/ - - NA
                   
WASHINGTON 52.8 - 1.6% YES   57.8 - 35.0% YES
WEST VIRGINIA 17.1 - 0.0% YES   20.9 - 19.8% YES
WISCONSIN 73.4 - 0.0% YES   35.0 - 39.6% -
WYOMING 59.0 - 0.0% YES   56.7 - 0.0% YES
                   
KEY
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 40% for the overall rate and 90% for the two-parent rate.
ACF/OPRE: 09-18-2001


Last Updated on 02/05/2002
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