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TANF Statistics

Basic Program | State Program | One-time Cases| Grandparent Cases

TANF Basic Program
One-Parent and Child Only Cases
Benefit Month Basic Cases Basic Recipients Basic Children Basic Adults Basic Case Payments Basic Average Payments Per Case Basic Average Payments Per Recipient
Apr-13 34,557 81,343 71,239 10,104 $5,781,802 167 71
Mar-13 35,915 84,828 73,956 10,872 $6,082,128 169 72
Feb-13 36,722 86,945 75,587 11,358 $6,285,773 171 72
Jan-13 38,846 92,902 80,080 12,822 $6,726,689 173 72
Dec-12 39,827 95,643 82,117 13,526 $6,947,066 174 73
Nov-12 40,174 96,458 82,672 13,786 $6,964,783 173 72
Oct-12 41,429 99,661 85,108 14,553 $7,200,074 174 72
Sep-12 41,499 99,798 85,255 14,543 $6,933,504 167 69
Aug-12 40,882 97,870 83,884 13,986 $6,797,958 166 69
Jul-12 40,038 94,921 81,725 13,196 $6,587,687 165 69
Jun-12 40,390 95,607 82,372 13,235 $6,650,813 165 70
May-12 40,257 94,845 82,044 12,801 $6,640,871 165 70
Apr-12 40,238 94,533 82,085 12,448 $6,591,820 164 70
Mar-12 41,383 97,578 84,535 13,043 $6,851,921 166 70
Feb-12 42,541 100,594 86,963 13,631 $7,147,182 168 71
Jan-12 45,195 107,667 92,393 15,274 $7,689,561 170 71
Dec-11 45,722 109,211 93,557 15,654 $7,733,584 169 71
Nov-11 45,901 109,836 94,083 15,753 $7,784,177 170 71
Oct-11 46,867 112,002 95,609 16,393 $7,893,712 168 70
Sep-11 46,542 111,040 94,929 16,111 $7,677,779 165 69
Aug-11 46,349 110,191 94,330 15,861 $7,630,618 165 69
Jul-11 44,969 106,195 91,272 14,923 $7,310,017 163 69
Jun-11 43,697 102,368 88,464 13,904 $7,068,684 162 69
May-11 44,036 103,110 89,235 13,875 $7,167,255 163 70
Apr-11 43,844 102,473 88,982 13,491 $7,094,911 162 69
Mar-11 44,310 103,874 90,093 13,781 $7,282,979 164 70
Feb-11 45,067 105,877 91,484 14,393 $7,520,985 167 71
Jan-11 47,835 113,343 97,067 16,276 $8,038,382 168 71
Dec-10 49,753 118,856 101,099 17,757 $8,467,797 170 71
Nov-10 49,723 118,660 100,854 17,806 $8,472,165 170 71
Oct-10 49,640 118,592 100,739 17,853 $8,344,333 168 70
Sep-10 48,664 116,039 98,822 17,217 $8,181,045 168 71
Aug-10 48,903 116,675 99,325 17,350 $8,215,285 168 70
Jul-10 47,272 111,920 95,566 16,354 $7,819,821 165 70
Jun-10 46,865 110,537 94,523 16,014 $7,843,864 167 71
May-10 46,871 110,182 94,386 15,796 $7,773,989 166 71
Apr-10 46,035 107,867 92,876 14,991 $7,606,728 165 71
Mar-10 46,834 109,915 94,681 15,234 $7,824,047 167 71
Feb-10 47,417 111,696 95,996 15,700 $8,000,792 169 72
Jan-10 47,917 113,564 97,216 16,348 $8,118,254 169 71
Dec-09 48,440 114,981 98,143 16,838 $8,282,698 171 72
Nov-09 47,536 112,565 96,228 16,337 $8,094,311 170 72
Oct-09 47,505 112,327 96,067 16,260 $8,006,890 169 71
Sep-09 44,828 105,195 90,550 14,645 $7,188,694 160 68
Aug-09 44,140 103,076 88,875 14,201 $7,031,997 159 68
Jul-09 43,204 100,005 86,470 13,535 $6,828,867 158 68
Jun-09 43,649 100,665 87,015 13,650 $6,921,302 159 69
May-09 43,567 100,114 86,730 13,384 $6,863,046 158 69
Apr-09 43,058 98,773 85,815 12,958 $6,739,777 157 68
Mar-09 43,822 100,815 87,533 13,282 $6,876,352 157 68
Feb-09 44,458 102,653 88,918 13,735 $7,034,704 158 69
Jan-09 46,011 107,217 92,332 14,885 $7,357,584 160 69
Dec-08 46,985 109,583 94,301 15,282 $7,531,455 160 69
Nov-08 47,515 110,942 95,428 15,514 $7,581,133 160 68
Oct-08 47,573 111,400 96,006 15,394 $7,574,366 159 68
Sep-08 47,733 111,068 95,805 15,263 $7,364,549 154 66
Aug-08 48,046 111,515 96,235 15,280 $7,297,857 152 65
Jul-08 46,900 107,712 93,302 14,410 $7,093,725 151 66
Jun-08 47,936 109,538 94,854 14,684 $7,280,178 152 66
May-08 48,185 109,908 95,243 14,665 $7,284,827 151 66
Apr-08 47,895 109,190 94,798 14,392 $7,230,974 151 66
Mar-08 49,419 113,102 97,892 15,210 $7,535,479 152 67
Feb-08 50,540 116,240 100,246 15,994 $7,754,541 153 67
Jan-08 52,715 122,341 104,700 17,641 $8,205,477 156 67
Dec-07 53,745 125,160 106,648 18,512 $8,421,813 157 67
Nov-07 54,315 126,848 107,812 19,036 $8,509,651 157 67
Oct-07 56,071 131,491 111,352 20,139 $8,795,662 157 67
Sep-07 55,212 129,224 109,579 19,645 $8,360,444 151 65
Aug-07 54,539 127,523 108,177 19,346 $8,222,350 151 64
Jul-07 54,911 127,847 108,344 19,503 $8,270,490 151 65
Jun-07 54,818 127,203 107,814 19,389 $8,220,988 150 65
May-07 54,496 125,924 107,093 18,831 $8,173,904 150 65
Apr-07 55,966 129,288 109,948 19,340 $8,429,435 151 65
Mar-07 56,517 130,765 111,148 19,617 $8,511,003 151 65
Feb-07 57,333 133,112 113,048 20,064 $8,758,703 153 66
Jan-07 60,092 140,817 118,890 21,927 $9,277,652 154 66
Dec-06 61,653 145,117 122,075 23,042 $9,542,810 155 66
Nov-06 61,945 145,743 122,490 23,253 $9,611,436 155 66
Oct-06 63,284 149,425 125,321 24,104 $9,820,296 155 66
Sep-06 62,943 148,477 124,626 23,851 $9,343,948 148 63
Aug-06 62,337 146,488 123,251 23,237 $9,194,937 148 63
Jul-06 62,297 145,666 122,607 23,059 $9,177,645 147 63
Jun-06 62,359 145,090 122,133 22,957 $9,161,820 147 63
May-06 62,384 144,551 121,879 22,672 $9,161,789 147 63
Apr-06 63,894 147,926 124,524 23,402 $9,370,507 147 63
Mar-06 65,017 150,522 126,617 23,905 $9,556,440 147 63
Feb-06 66,980 155,883 130,703 25,180 $9,970,613 149 64
Jan-06 71,300 167,707 139,476 28,231 $10,741,596 151 64
Dec-05 74,059 175,126 145,072 30,054 $11,188,488 151 64
Nov-05 74,711 176,777 146,345 30,432 $11,344,036 152 64
Oct-05 76,857 182,328 150,645 31,683 $11,597,042 151 64
Sep-05 76,114 180,599 149,305 31,294 $11,216,624 147 62

TANF State Program
Two-Parent Cases
Benefit
Month		 State Cases State Recipients State Children State Adults State Case Payments State Average Payments Per Case State Average Payments Per Recipient
Apr-13 1,043 3,688 2,195 1,493 $269,252 258 73
Mar-13 1,092 3,871 2,314 1,557 $283,767 260 73
Feb-13 1,113 4,009 2,419 1,590 $301,536 271 75
Jan-13 1,205 4,380 2,616 1,764 $324,053 269 74
Dec-12 1,264 4,599 2,718 1,881 $339,066 268 74
Nov-12 1,311 4,782 2,788 1,994 $349,520 267 73
Oct-12 1,386 5,108 2,997 2,111 $371,814 268 73
Sep-12 1,228 4,684 2,682 2,002 $325,317 265 69
Aug-12 846 3,542 1,850 1,692 $243,047 287 69
Jul-12 829 3,473 1,815 1,658 $233,525 282 67
Jun-12 847 3,613 1,919 1,694 $238,033 281 66
May-12 812 3,491 1,867 1,624 $236,980 292 68
Apr-12 772 3,257 1,713 1,544 $219,445 284 67
Mar-12 870 3,691 1,951 1,740 $250,767 288 68
Feb-12 955 4,097 2,187 1,910 $290,314 304 71
Jan-12 1,041 4,375 2,293 2,082 $312,230 300 71
Dec-11 1,040 4,355 2,275 2,080 $305,897 294 70
Nov-11 1,001 4,210 2,208 2,002 $298,176 298 71
Oct-11 1,016 4,290 2,258 2,032 $299,175 294 70
Sep-11 966 4,051 2,119 1,932 $277,939 288 69
Aug-11 978 4,128 2,172 1,956 $280,489 287 68
Jul-11 951 4,029 2,127 1,902 $271,137 285 67
Jun-11 885 3,728 1,958 1,770 $254,956 288 68
May-11 923 3,928 2,082 1,846 $273,301 296 70
Apr-11 904 3,859 2,051 1,808 $263,753 292 68
Mar-11 954 4,092 2,184 1,908 $288,163 302 70
Feb-11 1,047 4,447 2,353 2,094 $314,399 300 71
Jan-11 1,147 4,879 2,585 2,294 $339,557 296 70
Dec-10 1,226 5,224 2,772 2,452 $364,493 297 70
Nov-10 1,225 5,226 2,776 2,450 $367,554 300 70
Oct-10 1,208 5,147 2,728 2,419 $355,871 295 69
Sep-10 1,180 5,046 2,686 2,360 $350,275 297 69
Aug-10 1,237 5,306 2,832 2,474 $368,424 298 69
Jul-10 1,190 5,098 2,718 2,380 $339,543 285 67
Jun-10 1,137 4,827 2,553 2,274 $340,781 300 71
May-10 1,146 4,863 2,571 2,292 $340,541 297 70
Apr-10 1,094 4,667 2,479 2,188 $326,773 299 70
Mar-10 1,204 5,214 2,806 2,408 $367,718 305 71
Feb-10 1,236 5,341 2,869 2,472 $379,739 307 71
Jan-10 1,271 5,500 2,958 2,542 $386,315 304 70
Dec-09 1,324 5,702 3,054 2,648 $403,121 304 71
Nov-09 1,256 5,404 2,892 2,512 $387,076 308 72
Oct-09 1,250 5,393 2,893 2,500 $385,484 308 71
Sep-09 1,127 4,816 2,562 2,254 $328,194 291 68
Aug-09 1,070 4,591 2,451 2,140 $308,767 289 67
Jul-09 1,016 4,294 2,262 2,032 $290,943 286 68
Jun-09 1,023 4,351 2,305 2,046 $296,712 290 68
May-09 1,006 4,256 2,244 2,012 $291,501 290 68
Apr-09 946 4,019 2,127 1,892 $271,373 287 68
Mar-09 911 3,922 2,100 1,822 $263,876 290 67
Feb-09 934 4,000 2,132 1,868 $273,277 293 68
Jan-09 976 4,168 2,216 1,952 $282,143 289 68
Dec-08 986 4,224 2,252 1,972 $290,259 294 69
Nov-08 1,002 4,325 2,321 2,004 $292,493 292 68
Oct-08 998 4,290 2,294 1,996 $287,432 288 67
Sep-08 936 4,015 2,143 1,872 $265,963 284 66
Aug-08 927 3,909 2,055 1,854 $252,058 272 64
Jul-08 863 3,634 1,908 1,726 $238,384 276 66
Jun-08 893 3,776 1,990 1,786 $246,572 276 65
May-08 870 3,662 1,922 1,740 $240,570 277 66
Apr-08 821 3,484 1,842 1,642 $229,237 279 66
Mar-08 898 3,800 2,004 1,796 $252,809 282 67
Feb-08 976 4,192 2,240 1,952 $278,397 285 66
Jan-08 1,058 4,561 2,445 2,116 $300,069 284 66
Dec-07 1,113 4,766 2,540 2,226 $317,126 285 67
Nov-07 1,167 5,003 2,669 2,334 $330,502 283 66
Oct-07 1,234 5,306 2,838 2,468 $343,180 278 65
Sep-07 1,176 5,128 2,776 2,352 $322,594 274 63
Aug-07 1,252 5,469 2,965 2,504 $345,088 276 63
Jul-07 1,231 5,320 2,858 2,462 $331,283 269 62
Jun-07 1,244 5,359 2,871 2,488 $334,043 269 62
May-07 1,268 5,456 2,920 2,536 $341,911 270 63
Apr-07 1,323 5,653 3,007 2,646 $358,803 271 63
Mar-07 1,368 5,816 3,080 2,736 $368,941 270 63
Feb-07 1,420 6,072 3,232 2,840 $392,211 276 65
Jan-07 1,535 6,548 3,478 3,070 $418,988 273 64
Dec-06 1,595 6,773 3,583 3,190 $433,659 272 64
Nov-06 1,603 6,819 3,613 3,206 $436,977 273 64
Oct-06 1,666 7,088 3,756 3,332 $454,569 273 64
Sep-06 1,679 7,148 3,790 3,358 $436,532 260 61
Aug-06 1,619 6,867 3,629 3,238 $418,061 258 61
Jul-06 1,639 6,996 3,718 3,278 $427,837 261 61
Jun-06 1,671 7,119 3,777 3,342 $432,543 259 61
May-06 1,688 7,160 3,784 3,376 $437,444 259 61
Apr-06 1,766 7,516 3,984 3,532 $458,488 260 61
Mar-06 1,839 7,794 4,116 3,678 $478,901 260 61
Feb-06 1,989 8,496 4,518 3,978 $529,233 266 62
Jan-06 2,217 9,445 5,011 4,434 $586,896 265 62
Dec-05 2,343 9,971 5,285 4,686 $613,539 262 62
Nov-05 2,385 10,155 5,385 4,770 $631,113 265 62
Oct-05 2,469 10,526 5,588 4,938 $642,341 260 61
Sep-05 2,431 10,390 5,528 4,862 $622,210 256 60

TANF One-Time Program Cases
Benefit
Month		 One-Time Cases One-Time Payments
Apr-13 165 $165,000
Mar-13 129 $129,000
Feb-13 148 $148,000
Jan-13 212 $212,000
Dec-12 244 $244,000
Nov-12 254 $254,000
Oct-12 286 $286,000
Sep-12 253 $253,000
Aug-12 298 $298,000
Jul-12 268 $268,000
Jun-12 215 $215,000
May-12 217 $217,000
Apr-12 207 $207,000
Mar-12 159 $159,000
Feb-12 178 $178,000
Jan-12 245 $245,000
Dec-11 324 $324,000
Nov-11 274 $274,000
Oct-11 312 $312,000
Sep-11 316 $316,000
Aug-11 355 $355,000
Jul-11 288 $288,000
Jun-11 268 $268,000
May-11 210 $210,000
Apr-11 179 $179,000
Mar-11 155 $155,000
Feb-11 158 $158,000
Jan-11 255 $255,000
Dec-10 293 $293,000
Nov-10 312 $312,000
Oct-10 319 $319,000
Sep-10 319 $319,000
Aug-10 380 $380,000
Jul-10 356 $356,000
Jun-10 277 $277,000
May-10 267 $267,000
Apr-10 257 $257,000
Mar-10 208 $208,000
Feb-10 139 $139,000
Jan-10 240 $240,000
Dec-09 269 $269,000
Nov-09 219 $219,000
Oct-09 294 $294,000
Sep-09 245 $245,000
Aug-09 252 $252,000
Jul-09 260 $260,000
Jun-09 215 $215,000
May-09 217 $217,000
Apr-09 190 $190,000
Mar-09 198 $198,000
Feb-09 199 $199,000
Jan-09 267 $267,000
Dec-08 293 $293,000
Nov-08 308 $308,000
Oct-08 351 $351,000
Sep-08 331 $331,000
Aug-08 383 $383,000
Jul-08 387 $387,000
Jun-08 298 $298,000
May-08 234 $234,000
Apr-08 253 $253,000
Mar-08 214 $214,000
Feb-08 262 $262,000
Jan-08 314 $314,000
Dec-07 389 $389,000
Nov-07 405 $405,000
Oct-07 459 $459,000
Sep-07 467 $467,000
Aug-07 504 $504,000
Jul-07 447 $447,000
Jun-07 467 $467,000
May-07 420 $420,000
Apr-07 374 $374,000
Mar-07 326 $326,000
Feb-07 327 $327,000
Jan-07 363 $363,000
Dec-06 464 $464,000
Nov-06 472 $472,000
Oct-06 465 $465,000
Sep-06 547 $547,000
Aug-06 751 $751,000
Jul-06 734 $734,000
Jun-06 801 $801,000
May-06 788 $788,000
Apr-06 764 $764,000
Mar-06 995 $995,000
Feb-06 1,378 $1,378,000
Jan-06 1,889 $1,889,000
Dec-05 3,054 $3,054,000
Nov-05 1,455 $1,455,000
Oct-05 712 $712,000
Sep-05 791 $791,000

TANF Grandparents Program Cases
Benefit
Month		 Grandparent Cases Grandparents Payment
Apr-13 54 $54,000
Mar-13 35 $35,000
Feb-13 34 $34,000
Jan-13 54 $54,000
Dec-12 49 $49,000
Nov-12 79 $79,000
Oct-12 79 $79,000
Sep-12 61 $61,000
Aug-12 70 $70,000
Jul-12 72 $72,000
Jun-12 42 $42,000
May-12 53 $53,000
Apr-12 41 $41,000
Mar-12 42 $42,000
Feb-12 45 $45,000
Jan-12 47 $47,000
Dec-11 63 $63,000
Nov-11 57 $57,000
Oct-11 89 $89,000
Sep-11 72 $72,000
Aug-11 101 $101,000
Jul-11 67 $67,000
Jun-11 66 $66,000
May-11 72 $72,000
Apr-11 57 $57,000
Mar-11 45 $45,000
Feb-11 55 $55,000
Jan-11 65 $65,000
Dec-10 91 $91,000
Nov-10 66 $66,000
Oct-10 68 $68,000
Sep-10 66 $66,000
Aug-10 55 $55,000
Jul-10 49 $49,000
Jun-10 56 $56,000
May-10 52 $52,000
Apr-10 54 $54,000
Mar-10 69 $69,000
Feb-10 57 $57,000
Jan-10 35 $35,000
Dec-09 57 $57,000
Nov-09 48 $48,000
Oct-09 62 $62,000
Sep-09 34 $34,000
Aug-09 37 $37,000
Jul-09 47 $47,000
Jun-09 47 $47,000
May-09 41 $41,000
Apr-09 57 $57,000
Mar-09 39 $39,000
Feb-09 36 $36,000
Jan-09 40 $40,000
Dec-08 57 $57,000
Nov-08 61 $61,000
Oct-08 68 $68,000
Sep-08 65 $65,000
Aug-08 48 $48,000
Jul-08 56 $56,000
Jun-08 60 $60,000
May-08 48 $48,000
Apr-08 46 $46,000
Mar-08 62 $62,000
Feb-08 71 $71,000
Jan-08 39 $39,000
Dec-07 63 $63,000
Nov-07 79 $79,000
Oct-07 87 $87,000
Sep-07 83 $83,000
Aug-07 63 $63,000
Jul-07 54 $54,000
Jun-07 46 $46,000
May-07 49 $49,000
Apr-07 36 $36,000
Mar-07 42 $42,000
Feb-07 21 $21,000
Jan-07 49 $49,000
Dec-06 43 $43,000
Nov-06 57 $57,000
Oct-06 54 $54,000
Sep-06 76 $76,000
Aug-06 50 $50,000
Jul-06 51 $51,000
Jun-06 58 $58,000
May-06 47 $47,000
Apr-06 48 $48,000
Mar-06 32 $32,000
Feb-06 44 $44,000
Jan-06 51 $51,000
Dec-05 78 $78,000
Nov-05 65 $65,000
Oct-05 63 $63,000
Sep-05 82 $82,000



TANF Basic Program: One-parent and child only cases.

TANF State Program: Two-parent cases.

TANF One-Time Program: Cash-only alternative to Basic or State Program and is available to qualifying families once a year. The benefit months annotated is highlighted to include One-Time payments include benefits related to Hurricane Katrina.

TANF Grandparent Program: Cash-only supplement to Basic or State Program benefits, and is available to grandparents responsible for raising their qualifying grandchild(ren).

Case = designated group of people certified to receive the benefit (can be more than one person).

Recipients = the individuals receiving the benefit.

Children = dependents under the age of 19

Average Payment Per Case = average dollar benefit available to the case (shared by the recipients on that case).