TANF Caseload Data 2017

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has posted Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseload and application data for the first quarter of FY 2017 (October-December 2017). The data include families receiving assistance through state TANF and maintenance-of-effort (MOE) separate state programs (SSP). In the first quarter of FY 2017, there was a monthly average of 1.45 million families receiving TANF and SSP cash assistance, representing approximately 3.72 million recipients. The monthly average number of TANF applications received in the first quarter of FY 2017 was approximately 242,000.