Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in Washington

Block-grant records meet Washington place of performance

This tie keeps USAspending assistance where CFDA 93.558 meets Washington place of performance. The dollar book is $1,956,810,505.33. The award count is 38. TANF federal funds typically flow as a block grant to the state, with additional awards possible for tribal TANF, contingency, or related assistance that still carries 93.558. Thirty-eight records do not equal 38 county welfare offices.

The join does not prove that Washington’s unemployment rate, child-poverty share, or benefit-level policy caused $1,956,810,505.33. Those are other series. This packet does not split cash assistance from work supports or child-care transfers inside TANF. Correlation is not causation.

A reader who treats the cell as Washington’s full HHS obligation book has left the CFDA-by-state definition. The 38 figure is a record count, including modifications in the extract, not a caseload.

Thirty-eight awards and a blended mean

Thirty-eight awards under $1,956,810,505.33 imply a mean near $51,495,013 per award. A few large state-level actions can dominate that average while smaller tribal or supplemental awards sit below it. The packet has no median and no share on the largest award.

Compared with single-award coronavirus-relief cells, 38 rows is a thicker TANF tape. Volume and dollars remain different columns. Cite both. USAspending.gov is the source; SpendingVault does not recast the mean as a typical monthly benefit.

Questions

How much TANF spending is in Washington?

USAspending.gov shows $1,956,810,505.33 in CFDA 93.558 obligations coded to Washington across 38 awards. The join uses the program number and Washington place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays.

What does 38 TANF awards include?

The extract counts 38 award records tagged to CFDA 93.558 and Washington. State block-grant actions and other 93.558 assistance can share the tape. The implied mean is about $51,495,013 per award from the two packet facts.

Is $1.96 billion Washington’s full federal spending?

No. $1,956,810,505.33 is only the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cell. Other CFDA programs with Washington place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 93.558 is not limited to Washington.

Do these obligations equal cash paid to families?

No. $1,956,810,505.33 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. Benefit issuances can lag the federal obligation, and TANF covers more than monthly cash.