| Family Cap | TANF Implementation | TANF Policy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Approved | Implemented | Official | Actual | No Increase for Additional Children | Partial Increase for Additional Children | Increase in the Form of a Voucher | Increase Paid to Third Party |
| Alabama | 11-15-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Alaska | 7-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Arizona | 5-22-95 | 11-1-95 | 10-1-96 | x | - | - | - | |
| Arkansas | 4-5-94 | 7-1-94 | 7-1-97 | X | - | - | - | |
| California | 8-19-96 (1) | 9-1-97 | 11-26-96 | 1-1-98 | X | - | - | - |
| Colorado | 7-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Connecticut | 12-18-95 | 1-1-96 | 10-1-96 | - | X | - | - | |
| Delaware | 5-8-95 | -- (2) | 3-10-97 | X | - | - | - | |
| DC | 3-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Florida | 6-26-96 | 10-1-96 | - | X | - | - | ||
| Georgia | 11-1-93 | 1-1-94 | 1-1-97 | X | - | - | - | |
| Hawaii | 7-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Idaho | 7-1-97 | X | - | - | - | |||
| Illinois | 9-30-95 | 12-1-95 | 7-1-97 | X | - | - | - | |
| Indiana | 12-15-94 | 5-1-95 | 10-1-96 | X | - | - | - | |
| Iowa | 1-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Kansas | 10-1-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Kentucky | 10-18-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Louisiana | 1-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Maine | 11-1-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Maryland | 8-14-95 | 3-1-96 | 12-9-96 | - | - | - | X | |
| Massachusetts | 8-4-95 | 11-1-95 | 9-30-96 | X | - | - | - | |
| Michigan | 9-30-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Minnesota | 7-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Mississippi | 9-1-95 | 10-1-95 | 10-1-96 | 7-1-97 | X | - | - | - |
| Missouri | 12-1-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Montana | 2-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Nebraska | 2-27-95 | 11-1-96 (3) | 12-1-96 | X | - | - | - | |
| Nevada | 12-3-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| New | 10-1-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| New Jersey | 7-1-92 | 10-1-92 | 2-1-97 | 7-1-97 | X | - | - | - |
| New Mexico | 7-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| New York | 12-2-96 | 11-1-97 | - | - | - | - | ||
| North Carolina | 2-5-96 | 7-1-96 | 1-1-97 | X | - | - | - | |
| North Dakota | 7-1-97 | X | - | - | - | |||
| Ohio | 10-1-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Oklahoma | 10-1-96 | - | - | X | - | |||
| Oregon | 10-1-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Pennsylvania | 3-3-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Rhode Island | 5-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| South Carolina | 5-3-96 | 10-12-96 | - | - | X | - | ||
| South Dakota | 12-1-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Tennessee | 7-25-96 | -- (4) | 10-1-96 | X | - | - | - | |
| Texas | 11-5-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Utah | 10-1-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Vermont | 9-20-96 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Virginia | 7-1-95 | 7-1-95 | 2-1-97 | X | - | - | - | |
| Washington | 1-10-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| West Virginia | 1-11-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Wisconsin | 6-24-94 | 1-1-96 | 9-30-96 | 9-1-97 | X | - | - | - |
| Wyoming | 1-1-97 | - | - | - | - | |||
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Note: Implementation dates are arbitrarily stated
as of the first of the month absent specific information to the contrary.
The "actual" dates for TANF implementation are based on communications from
Urban Institute staff.
Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Setting the Baseline: A Report on State Welfare Waivers and other unpublished documents. |
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1. Delaware began implementation of its family cap policies with a small number of cases in October 1995; these became universal in March 1997.
2. Tennessee's family cap was phased in over a six month period beginning September 1996.
3. Nebraska began to implement its family cap in five coutnies in October 1995 and expanded it statewide within a year
4. Tennessee's family cap was phased in over a six month period beginning September 1996.
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