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Further Progress, Persistent Constraints:
Findings From a Second Survey of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program

TABLE A.1
Second Welfare-to-Work Grantee Survey:
Response Rates by State and Types of Grant Received

State or Territory Formula Competitive Formula and Competitive Total
Sample Respon-
dents 		% Sample Respon-
dents 		% Sample Respon-
dents 		% Sample Respon-
dents 		%
Alaska 1 1 100.0 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 3 3 100.0
Arizona 9 8 88.9 2 2 100.0 2 2 100.0 13 12 92.3
Arkansas 9 8 88.9 1 1 100.0 1 0 0.0 11 9 81.8
California 43 30 69.8 17 7 41.2 9 6 66.7 69 43 62.3
Colorado 8 8 100.0 3 2 66.7 1 1 100.0 12 11 91.7
Connecticut 6 4 66.7 2 2 100.0 2 2 100.0 10 8 80.0
Delaware 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 1 100.0
DC 1 1 100.0 9 6 66.7 0 0 0.0 10 7 70.0
Florida 24 16 66.7 5 4 80.0 1 1 100.0 30 21 70.0
Georgia 14 10 71.4 3 3 100.0 2 1 50.0 19 14 73.7
Hawaii 3 0 0.0 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 5 2 40.0
Illinois 25 18 72.0 6 5 83.3 1 1 100.0 32 24 75.0
Indiana 14 10 71.4 2 0 0.0 2 2 100.0 18 12 66.7
Iowa 15 13 86.7 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 16 14 87.5
Kansas 5 3 60.0 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 7 5 71.4
Kentucky 10 9 90.0 1 1 100.0 1 1 100.0 12 11 91.7
Louisiana 17 14 82.4 3 2 66.7 1 0 0.0 21 16 76.2
Maine 2 2 100.0 2 1 50.0 1 1 100.0 5 4 80.0
Marshall Islands 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Maryland 10 6 60.0 5 4 80.0 2 2 100.0 17 12 70.6
Minnesota 14 10 71.4 2 2 100.0 2 2 100.0 18 14 77.8
Mississippi 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0
Missouri 14 10 71.4 3 2 66.7 0 0 0.0 17 12 70.6
Montana 1 1 100.0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0
Nebraska 3 1 33.3 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 4 2 50.0
Nevada 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0
New Jersey 11 9 81.8 1 0 0.0 4 3 75.0 16 12 75.0
New Mexico 2 1 50.0 3 2 66.7 0 0 0.0 5 3 60.0
New York 32 21 65.6 10 9 90.0 2 1 50.0 44 31 70.5
North Carolina 25 17 68.0 4 3 75.0 0 0 0.0 29 20 69.0
North Dakota 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 1 100.0
Ohio 0 0 0.0 5 3 60.0 0 0 0.0 5 3 60.0
Oklahoma 11 8 72.7 1 1 100.0 2 1 50.0 14 10 71.4
Oregon 6 3 50.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 6 3 50.0
Pennsylvania 27 17 63.0 5 4 80.0 1 0 0.0 33 21 63.6
Puerto Rico 6 1 16.7 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 7 2 28.6
Rhode Island 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 1 1 100.0 2 2 100.0
South Carolina 12 10 83.3 2 1 50.0 0 0 0.0 14 11 78.6
South Dakota 0 0 0.0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 1 1 100.0
Tennessee 12 11 91.7 2 2 100.0 2 2 100.0 16 15 93.8
Texas 24 16 66.7 7 6 85.7 2 1 50.0 33 23 69.7
Utah 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0
Vermont 1 0 0.0 2 1 50.0 0 0 0.0 3 1 33.3
Washington 11 8 72.7 2 2 100.0 1 1 100.0 14 11 78.6
West Virginia 3 1 33.3 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 4 2 50.0
Wisconsin 10 8 80.0 1 1 100.0 1 1 100.0 12 10 83.3
Totals 494 347 70.2 141 105 74.5 46 35 76.1 681 487 71.5
Source:  National Evaluation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program, Second Grantee Survey (November 1999 - February 2000).

Note:  n.a. = not applicable

a The difference between the total number of WtW grants shown by state and the sum of the numbers of competitive and formula WtW grants by state represents the number of organizations receiving both formula and competitive WtW funds in each state.

b The competitive grant numbers for these states include multi-site WtW programs:  1 based in California, 2 in the District of Columbia, 2 in Maryland, and 1 in Massachusetts.

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