Branding Bar Menu Administration for Children & Families Select an ACF Office OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE An Office of the Administration for Children & Families Select Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Lao Latin Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Maltese Maori Marathi Mongolian Nepali Norwegian Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Yiddish Yoruba Zulu OFA - Main Navigation About Help For Families State TANF HPOG HMRF Tribal Programs Resources Home Office of Family Assistance (OFA) PRINT FY 2020 TANF and Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Financial Data In fiscal year (FY) 2020, combined federal TANF and state MOE expenditures and transfers totaled $31.6 billion. Of that amount only 22.3 percent was spent on basic assistance, compared to 70.9 percent in FY 1997. The share of funds spent on basic assistance varied widely by state, with 30 states spending less than 20 percent of TANF and MOE funds on basic assistance. Explore the national and state data in detailed tables, pie charts, and an interactive map. OFA administers several key federal grant programs, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Tribal programs, Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood, and Health Profession Opportunity Grants. News OFA Releases FY 2020 Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients Data November 3, 2021 OFA Releases FY 2020 TANF and MOE Financial Data October 13, 2021 OFA Releases the TANF Work Participation Rates for FY 2020 July 29, 2021 View More News Quick Fact 79% 79% of participants began healthcare training through year 5. 89% of participants completed healthcare training or were still enrolled. View All Quick Facts Featured Resource Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients, Fiscal Year 2020 November 1, 2021 TANF-ACF-PI-2021-08 (Form ACF-196P, TANF Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund Financial Report) October 27, 2021 TANF-ACF-PI-2021-07 (Form ACF-4125, Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payments in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act) October 20, 2021 Is Your Family Looking for Help? Find state and tribal contact information here. Subscribe to Receive OFA Updates OFA - Bottom Navigation About Help For Families State TANF HPOG HMRF Tribal Programs Resources Bottom Footer Navigation Related Sites HHS.gov Grants.gov USAJobs.gov USA.gov Helpful Links Report Fraud HHS Customer Service Plan Viewers & Players Download Acrobat Reader © Policies Accessibility No FEAR Act Privacy Policy FOIA Disclaimers U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 330 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201 126 SHARES