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State TANF Data

Published by ACF | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Metadata Last Checked: September 05, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-07-03
States receive block grants to design and operate programs that accomplish the purposes of the TANF program (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). The Office of Family Assistance collects state level data on total families, 2-parent families, 1-parent families, 0-parent families, adult recipients, and child recipients of TANF services and TANF-related Separate State Programs (SSPs). Units of Response: States Type of Data: Administrative Tribal Data: No Periodicity: Annual SORN: Not Applicable Data Use Agreement: Unavailable Data Use Agreement Location: Unavailable Equity Indicators: Household Size Granularity: State Spatial: United States Geocoding: State

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  • FY2017 Tribal TANF Caseload Adults Data

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  • FY2018 Tribal TANF Adults Caseload Data

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  • FY2017 Tribal TANF Caseload Children Data

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  • FY2018 Tribal TANF Total Child Recipients Caseload Data

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  • FY2017 Tribal TANF Caseload Families Data

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  • FY2018 Tribal TANF Families Caseload Data

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  • FY2021 SSP-MOE Caseload

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  • FY2021 TANF & SSP-MOE Caseload

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  • FY2020 SSP-MOE Caseload

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  • FY2021 TANF Caseload

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  • FY2017 Tribal TANF Caseload Recipients Data

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  • FY2018 Tribal TANF Total Recipients Caseload Data

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Complete Metadata
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                                            [
  "009:70"
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contactPoint 
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  "hasEmail": "mailto:datagov@acf.hhs.gov"
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description States receive block grants to design and operate programs that accomplish the purposes of the TANF program (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). The Office of Family Assistance collects state level data on total families, 2-parent families, 1-parent families, 0-parent families, adult recipients, and child recipients of TANF services and TANF-related Separate State Programs (SSPs). <b>Units of Response: </b>States <b>Type of Data: </b>Administrative <b>Tribal Data: </b>No <b>Periodicity: </b>Annual <b>SORN: </b>Not Applicable <b>Data Use Agreement: </b>Unavailable <b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>Unavailable <b>Equity Indicators: </b>Household Size <b>Granularity: </b>State <b>Spatial: </b>United States <b>Geocoding: </b>State
distribution 
                                            [
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2017 Tribal TANF Caseload Adults Data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Adult recipient counts by tribe/month. Temporal: 10/1/16-9/30/17, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/2017_tribal_tanf_caseload_adult.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2018 Tribal TANF Adults Caseload Data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Adult recipient counts by tribe/month. Temporal: 10/1/17-9/30/18, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/2018_tribal_adult_data.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2017 Tribal TANF Caseload Children Data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Child recipient counts by tribe/month. Temporal: 10/1/16-9/30/17, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/2017_tribal_tanf_caseload_children.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2018 Tribal TANF Total Child Recipients Caseload Data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Child recipient counts by tribe/month. Temporal: 10/1/17-9/30/18, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/2018_tribal_child_data.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2017 Tribal TANF Caseload Families Data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Family recipipent counts by tribe/month. Temporal: 10/1/16-9/30/17, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/2017_tribal_tanf_caseload_tfam.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2018 Tribal TANF Families Caseload Data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Family recipipent counts by tribe/month. Temporal: 10/1/17-9/30/18, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/2018_tribal_families_data.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2021 SSP-MOE Caseload",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "The FY2021 SSP-MOE Caseload Data are reported at the state level and include family and individual recipient counts by month.  Temporal: 10/1/2020-9/30/2021, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/fy2021_ssp_caseload.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2021 TANF & SSP-MOE Caseload",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "The FY2021 TANF & SSP-MOE Caseload Data are reported at the state level and include family and individual recipient counts by month.  Temporal: 10/1/2020-9/30/2021, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/fy2021_tanfssp_caseload.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2020 SSP-MOE Caseload",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "The TANF Caseload Data 2020 data are reported at the state level and include family and individual recipient counts by month. Temporal: 10/1/19 to 9/30/20, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/fy2020_ssp_caseload_0.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2020 TANF & SSP-MOE Caseload",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "The TANF Caseload Data 2020 data are reported at the state level and include family and individual recipient counts by month. Temporal: 10/1/19 to 9/30/20, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/fy2020_tanfssp_caseload_0.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2020 TANF Caseload",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "The TANF Caseload Data 2020 data are reported at the state level and include family and individual recipient counts by month. Temporal: 10/1/19-9/30/20, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/fy2020_tanf_caseload_1.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2021 TANF Caseload",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "The TANF Caseload Data 2022 data are reported at the state level and include family and individual recipient counts by month. Temporal: 10/1/2020-9/30/2021, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: EXCEL, PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/fy2021_tanf_caseload.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2017 Tribal TANF Caseload Recipients Data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Total recipipent counts by tribe/month. Temporal: 10/1/16-9/30/17, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/2017_tribal_tanf_caseload_recipient.pdf"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FY2018 Tribal TANF Total Recipients Caseload Data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Total recipipent counts by tribe/month. Temporal: 10/1/17-9/30/18, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ofa/2018_tribal_recipient_data.pdf"
  }
]
identifier https://healthdata.gov/api/views/6582-2ju6
issued 2023-11-17
keyword 
                                            [
  "children and families",
  "family assistance"
]
landingPage https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/programs/tanf/data-reports
modified 2025-07-03
programCode 
                                            [
  "009:095"
]
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "ACF",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
theme 
                                            [
  "ACF"
]
title State TANF Data

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