2016 TANF Caseload Data

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseload and application data for the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2016 (October-December 2015). The data include families receiving assistance through state TANF and Separate State Program Maintenance-of-Effort (SSP-MOE). In the first quarter of FY 2016, there was a monthly average of 1.59 million families receiving TANF and SSP cash assistance, representing approximately 4.1 million recipients. The monthly average number of TANF applications received in FY 2016 was 262,288.