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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 12th Report to Congress

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The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 12th Report to Congress from the Office of Family Assistance provides data from the TANF program from fiscal years 2014 and 2015. It presents information on expenditures, caseloads, work…

Framing the message: Using behavioral economics to engage TANF recipients

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This report presents findings from an intervention designed to increase the number of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families recipients who “reengaged” in Los Angeles County’s welfare-to-work program.

Two behaviorally informed notices…

Financial incentives and sanctions: Can they improve employment outcomes for low-income adults?

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Many programs attempting to improve employment outcomes for low-income adults use financial incentives or sanctions to motivate participants to obtain and/or retain a job. This brief describes the employment and earnings impacts of 12…

TANF child-only cases

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Almost half of TANF cases are "child-only" in which no adult is included in the benefit calculation. In about 4 out of 10 these cases, the children live with relatives or nonrelatives instead of their parents. The other 6 in 10 cases include…

TANF work requirements and state strategies to fulfill them

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A central component of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is its emphasis on work. Adult TANF recipients, with some exceptions, must participate in work activities as a condition of receiving cash benefits. This brief…

Understanding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families caseloads after passage of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

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In this paper, we examine how policy and structural changes states made in response to the DRA may influence the level and composition of the TANF caseload. This paper grew out of a 50-state survey Mathematica Policy Research conducted on…

Using work-oriented sanctions to increase TANF program participation

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The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)…

TANF at 10: An Examination of the First Ten Years Under TANF in Three States: The Experiences of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

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From Mathematica Policy Research, this report outlines the implementation of the TANF in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, and provides the different approaches across the States. Authors examine how the approaches have affected caseload…

CalWORKS Sanctioning Policies in Four Counties: Practices, Attitudes, and Knowledge

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By researching sanction policies across four counties in California, this article found that, for the most part, county workers reach out to participants to prevent sanctioning. Specifically, one county has found success with contracting out to…

The Use of TANF Work-Oriented Sanctions in Illinois, New Jersey, and South Carolina

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Since the welfare reform of 1996, sanctions have become an important policy for States moving families off welfare and into work. Largely understudied, this research provides information on the use of sanctions in Illinois, New Jersey, and South…

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