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TANF Work Participation Rates
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Updated Oct 29, 2026
About this dataset
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.
<b>Units of Response: </b>TANF Recipients, Work-Eligible Individuals
<b>Type of Data: </b>Administrative
<b>Tribal Data: </b>Yes
<b>Periodicity: </b>Annual
<b>Demographic Indicators: </b>Not Applicable
<b>SORN: </b>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/02/2015-07440/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records-notice
<b>Data Use Agreement: </b>Unavailable
<b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>Unavailable
<b>Granularity: </b>State
<b>Spatial: </b>United States
<b>Geocoding: </b>State
Data and resources (3)
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Work Participation Rates - Fiscal Year 2019
Includes the FY 2019 state work participation rates. All states were required to report work participation information for the months of October 2018 through September 2019. Six states failed their required two-parent work participation rate. Temporal: 10/2018 - 9/2019, Restriction: Public-use…
Modified Jun 29, 2026
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Work Participation Rates - Fiscal Year 2018
Includes the FY 2018 state work participation rates. All states were required to report work participation information for the months of October 2017 through September 2018. Six states failed their required two-parent work participation rate. Temporal: 10/2017 - 9/2018, Restriction: Public-use…
Modified Jun 29, 2026
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Work Participation Rates - Fiscal Year 2020
Includes the FY 2020 state work participation rates. All states were required to report work participation information for the months of October 2019 through September 2020. Six states failed their required two-parent work participation rate. Temporal: 10/1/2019 - 9/30/2020, Restriction: Public-use…
Modified Jun 29, 2026