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TANF Contingency Fund Awards
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Updated Oct 29, 2026
About this dataset
Contingency Funds are additional Federal funds available to States, at their request, when unfavorable economic conditions exist. They are considered provisional payments, according to section 403(b)(3)(A) of the Act. This is because the exact amount of Contingency Funds that the State may actually keep is not determined until after the fiscal year ends, not when payment is made. A State that receives a provisional payment must meet specific spending requirements to keep some or all of the Contingency Funds. Data files are by state and year.
<b>Units of Response: </b>State TANF Programs
<b>Type of Data: </b>Financial
<b>Tribal Data: </b>No
<b>COVID-19 Data: </b>No
<b>Periodicity: </b>Annual
<b>SORN: </b>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/14/2018-03014/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records
<b>Data Use Agreement: </b>Unavailable
<b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>Unavailable
<b>Equity Indicators: </b>Unavailable
<b>Granularity: </b>State
<b>Spatial: </b>United States
<b>Geocoding: </b>State
Data and resources (5)
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FY 2018 Monthly Contingency Funds Awards
Monthly TANF Contingency Funds Awards by State and Federal Fiscal Year for 2018. Temporal: 10/1/17-9/30/18, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF
Modified May 29, 2026
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FY 2017 Monthly Contingency Funds Awards
Monthly TANF Contingency Funds Awards by State and Federal Fiscal Year for 2017. Temporal: 10/1/16-9/30/17, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF
Modified May 29, 2026
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FY 2019 Monthly Contingency Funds Awards
Monthly TANF Contingency Funds Awards by State and Federal Fiscal Year for 2019. December 2018 through March 2019 awards were delayed due to a lapse in government appropriations. 2 Remaining (pro-rated) TANF Contingency Funds were awarded in July after Congress passed P.L.116-27 to extend TANF…
Modified May 29, 2026
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 12th Report to Congress
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides a fixed block grant of about $16.5 billion to states, territories (Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico), and Washington, DC. Additionally, federally-recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Native organizations may elect…
Modified May 29, 2026
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 13th Report to Congress
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides a fixed block grant of about $16.5 billion to states, territories, 1 and Washington, DC (hereafter referred to as “states”). Additionally, federally-recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Native organizations may elect to…
Modified May 29, 2026