50 State Database
US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - Administration of Children and Family Services, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
| Type of Source: Describes the type of data source: federal administrative data, federal survey, survey conducted by private/nonprofit organizations, and other databases created by non-governmental organizations |
Federal Administrative Data |
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| Source Description and Coverage: Describes how data is collected and the sample representation |
The Department of Health and Human Services has developed a financial data reporting form (Form ACF-196), which States are required to submit no later than 45 days after the end of each quarter. States are also required by statute to report programmatic data such as caseload numbers and caseload demographics. These reports are available on the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Website. |
| Data Available: Includes a description of all variables available |
TANF expenditure, data on transitional services to families that have ceased to receive cash assistance because they have found employment. |
| Child Care Economic Data? Coded as yes if data source has data on size of child care sector (number of establishments, number of employees, wages and gross receipts) |
No |
| Demographic Data? Coded as yes if data source has data on demographics of families and children. |
No |
| Early Care and Education Program Data? Coded as yes if data source has data on public and private early care and education enrollment, funding, and regulations. |
Yes |
| Geographic Level: Describes the geographic levels for which data is available |
National and state |
| Year Available: Gives the year for the most recent data available for each source (as of 2004) |
data are available annually |
| Link to Cornell Methodology Guide: Links the user to relevant section of the methodology guide for more description about data uses |
Section 6 |
| Raw Data: Links the user to the website of the organization collecting the data, so user can access the raw data |
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/data/tanf_2002.html |
| In Cornell database? Links the user to Cornell's quantitative database which has a sampling of the most recent data available (as of 2004) for several of the sources listed here. |
Yes: see TANF 2002 expenditure data |
| Link to Variable Descriptions: | http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/data/tanf_2002.html |
| Variables: |
TANF Transferred to CCDF (FY 2002)
TANF Spent Directly on Child Care (FY 2002) Key: Economic Data Demographic Data Early Care and Education Program Data |