Human Services News

From Center for Law and Social Policy:

The fiscal year 2006 federal budget requires states to meet revised federal work participation rate requirements for their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs-including a 50 percent work participation rate for all families, and a separately calculated 90 percent participation rate for two-parent families.

This brief outlines the extent to which certain activities can count toward the federal participation rates, and examines states' current participation levels in different work activities. An (attached chart) shows federal participation levels by component activities for each state.

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