Finally, we ignore child care costs associated with working. Some families will not need formal child care. For those that do, the costs depend greatly on factors that are difficult to quantify, including the availability of vouchers and parental views on the quality of child care available. In these cases, we tried to chose the parameters that apply to the most TANF cases within the state. See the state-specific notes below on particular states in which this occurred.
Many states have different tests for applicants and recipients.
The database contains TANF parameters, Gross and Net income tests, and Earned Income Disregards that a recipient family would face. The Urban Alaska food stamp parameters are used to calculate the Food Stamp benefit. The TANF parameters are from the schedule for those families with housing costs. The TANF parameters found in the database are for Region 1 in the state, and apply to the non-exempt families. The TANF parameters found in the database are for Region A in the state.