Performance Measure

Agency

Measure Name

Percentage of former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) participants gainfully employed six months after program exit

Measure Last Modified

Aug 31 2022 03:20

Measure Last Published

Aug 08 2023 09:55

Measure Status

Active

Data Source and Calculation

Data sources include monthly client-level TANF data from the Virginia Case Management System (VaCMS) linked with wage data from the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC). The cohort are former TANF participants (single parents) who exited at any point during the previous state fiscal year. The cohort is restricted to adult heads of households who are required to participate in the TANF employment services program (VIEW, or Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare) in the last quarter before exiting TANF. The cohort is followed two consecutive quarters after exit from the program. For the purposes of matching TANF and VEC data, only participants with valid social security numbers are included in the analysis. The number of former TANF VIEW participants who are gainfully employed in the second quarter after exiting the program is divided by the total number of TANF VIEW-mandatory participants exiting TANF. "Gainfully employed” is defined as having employment wage data reported to the VEC. There is a 12-month time lag in getting earnings data from VEC. The VEC does not release new quarterly earnings data until six months after the end of the quarter, and typically omits the two most recent quarters from the data because the information from employers is incomplete.

Since the ESPAS (the former employment and training management information system) has been retired, VDSS is currently working on developing automating work participation and employment reports based on VaCMS data.

Associated Service Areas

SA Code	SA Name
45212	Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Employment Services
45216	Unemployed Parents Cash Assistance

Measure ID

M765SA12048

Measure Class

Other Agency

Measure Type

Outcome

Year Type

State FY

Preferred Trend

Increase

Frequency

Annually

Statistical Unit

percent of former TANF participants

Baseline and Targets

Target Name	Date	Result	Note
Baseline	06/30/2020	20	Estimate based on SNAP-ET post-exit employment rates and extrapolated to the TANF VIEW population.
Short Target 2023	06/30/2023	35
Long Target 2024	06/30/2025	35

Measure Results

Year	Result	Explanatory Note
2012	46.30
2013	49.40	Because of the time lag in obtaining employment data from VEC, the measure result is based on employment data for July through December 2012. Former TANF recipients would have left TANF between January and June 2012.
2014	50.70	Pertains to the cohort of TANF/VIEW clients who exited the program between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
2015	52.80	Pertains to the cohort of TANF/VIEW clients who exited the program between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014.
2016	56.50	Pertains to the cohort of TANF VIEW clients who exited the program between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.
2017	58.50	Pertains to the cohort of TANF VIEW clients who exited the program between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016
2018	58.40	Result obtained from an ad hoc analysis using a cohort of VIEW enrollees who exited in SfY 2018. Development of automated reports is delayed to technical challenges in retrieving the data from the new client information system.
2019		Reporting of the measure result for FY 2019 is delayed to technical challenges in retrieving the data from the new client information system.
2020		Reporting of the measure result for FY 2020 is delayed to technical challenges in retrieving the data from the new client information system. The COVID-19 public health emergency has also resulted in higher unemployment among former clients.
2021	20.00	Estimate derived from the SNAP-ET employment rate. TANF VIEW employment reports in VaCMS under development. The TANF program continued to waive work requirements for VIEW-mandatory participants.
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