TANF Spending Fact Sheet In 2013, Wisconsin spent about $306 million in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds, $26 million in federal TANF Contingency Funds, and claimed $271 million in state maintenance of effort (MOE) spending, for a total of $604 million in TANF spending. How TANF and MOE Dollars Were Spent in Wisconsin in 2013 Spending by Category, 2013* (in millions of dollars and as a percentage of TANF and MOE spending) Wisconsin Spending 2013 National Spending 2013 Basic Assistance $134 22% $8,738 28% Work-Related Activities $38 6% $2,485 8% Child Care $200 33% $5,006 16% Administration and Systems $23 4% $2,291 7% Refundable Tax Credits $44 7% $2,395 8% Non-Recurrent Short Term Benefits $46 8% $704 2% Transferred to Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) $15 3% $1,135 4% Pregnancy Prevention & 2-Parent Family Formation and Maintenance $13 2% $2,834 9% Authorized Under Prior Law (AUPL) and Other Non-Assistance $90 15% $6,061 19% *Numbers may not add to 100% due to rounding. How TANF and MOE Dollars Were Spent in Wisconsin Over Time TANF and MOE Spending By Category (in millions) Share of TANF and MOE Spending on Key Welfare Reform Activities 2001 2007 2013 Basic assistance Work-related activities 14% 21% 17% 7% 22% 6% Child care 39% 51% 33% TANF Allocations and MOE Requirements  Each state receives a fixed federal TANF block grant annually and, in any given year, a state may spend more or less than its federal block grant allocation.  Every year, each state must also spend a minimum of 75 percent of its historic state spending as a “maintenance of effort” (MOE) requirement, and a state may report state expenditures that exceed the required minimum. Wisconsin’s MOE spending in 2013 was 122 percent of historic spending. Annual TANF Allocations and MOE Obligations for Wisconsin TANF block grant amount $318 million 80% MOE obligation $178 million 75% MOE obligation $167 million  The fixed annual TANF block grant amount has declined by 32% between 1997 and 2013 in real terms.