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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

TANF is the federal block grant program that provides states with the authority and funding to create programs that provide time-limited assistance to needy families with children and promote work. 

• Wisconsin Works (W-2)
  Wisconsin's TANF block grant program for families with dependent children that replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Statistics include monthly case and participant counts by W-2 Agency and the State (1999-current).

• TANF Child Only Cases
  Information includes monthly state-level case counts for the Kinship Care and Caretaker Supplement programs (1999-current).

• TANF High Performance Bonus Awards
  Data and information on High Performance Bonus awards for the state of Wisconsin.

• Office of Family Assistance  (OFA)
  Related information on High Performance Bonus Awards