Transcript The William P. Hobby Policy Conference

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Funding State Services Conference
State TANF Spending: Figuring Out Your
State’s Priorities
November 14, 2005
Eva De Luna Castro, Budget Analyst
([email protected])
Texas' Use of Federal TANF Dollars
Million $
$700
State employee
benefits
$600
All other
$500
Child protective services
$400
Foster care
$300
Eligibility determination
Child care
$200
Employment & training services
$100
Cash assistance
$1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Texas' Maintenance of Effort for TANF
Million $
$700
$600
$500
Eligibility determination
$400
All other
CPS & foster care
$300
Child care
$200
Cash assistance
$100
Prekindergarten
$1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Texas Cash Assistance Caseloads (Basic and UP/SP)
800,000
Children
Adults
600,000
1996 202,100 adults, 487,900 children
2005 37,200 adults, 156,200 children
400,000
200,000
-
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Aug03
Aug04
May05
Percent of Child Protection Funding in 2002 That Came from
Federal TANF Funds (U.S. Average: 10%)
23%
17%
20%
19%
16%
27%
20%
24
27%
18%
More than 15%
6% to 9%
10% to 15%
5% or less
Sources: Urban Institute, The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children IV: How Child Welfare Funding Fared During
the Recession, December 2004. Alaska, Delaware, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Utah reported no
federal TANF spending on child welfare.
Poverty and Assistance in Texas
Millions of people
4.0
Poor
3.7
Poor
Poor
3.0
3.2
3.0
Food
Stamps
Food
Stamps
2.5
2.3
2.0
Food
Stamps
1.4
1.0
AFDC
0.690 SSI
0.412
SSI
TANF
0.409
0.342
SSI
TANF
0.472
0.284
1996
2000
2004
Regional Differences in Federal TANF Spending, Fiscal 2004
Workforce Regions
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Panhandle
South Plains
North TX
North Central
Tarrant County
Dallas
North East
East Texas
West Central
Upper Rio Grande
Permian Basin
Concho Valley
Heart of Texas
Capital Area
Rural Capital
Brazos Valley
Deep East Texas
South East Texas
Golden Crescent
Alamo
South Texas
Coastal Bend
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Cameron County
Texoma
Central Texas
Middle Rio Grande
Gulf Coast
Shown in White: Workforce
areas where at least 50 percent
of estimated federal TANF
spending paid for cash assistance or employment services
(CHOICES) in fiscal 2004.
Uses of TANF (Federal & MOE) in Fiscal 2004
0%
20%
28
Texas
17
11
23
Florida
11
27
33
35
Ohio
8
9
37
Pennsylvania
100%
5
33
11
80%
3 10
34
New York
19
Georgia
30
6
New Jersey
28
8
North Carolina
60%
50
California
Illinois
40%
23
18
9
22
9
35
Basic Assistance
Child Care
Other Nonassistance
All Other
13
Work Related Activities
& Transport./Supportive Svcs.
Source: CBPP and CLASP analysis of ACF data reported by states. “All Other” includes Title XX transfers, Spending
Authorized Under Prior Law, Individual Development Accounts, Refundable EITC and other Tax Credits, Nonrecurrent
Short Term Benefits, Pregnancy Prevention, Two Parent Family Formation/Maint., and Administration and Systems.