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Viewing Feedback Reports

OFA produces feedback reports cumulatively throughout each fiscal year. These include Work Participation Rate (WPR), Time Limit reports, and others which have traditionally been shared via email.

In the interest of improved data security and accessibility, all reporting will now be delivered via TDP. This guide provides instructions on how to access, understand and address feedback reports. If you believe you should have access to Feedback Reports but do not, please reach out to tanfdata@acf.hhs.gov. Please note that Feedback Reports for Tribal TANF partners is in development and coming soon.

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Finding Feedback Reports

  1. Search for the reporting period to view

    On the Feedback Reports page, complete the search fields for 'Fiscal Year (October – September)' to identify which data you’ll be viewing. The TANF/SSP Data Reporting Reference table is provided to help you map the calendar period content within the file to the reporting fiscal period and its respective reporting deadline.

    Feedback reports tab shown in the TDP nav bar

  2. Download and view report files

    To access the report files, Click on the zip file link in the 'Files' column to download the feedback files associated with the selected fiscal year. Each file is titled in accordance with your FIPS or tribe code.

    Table showing feedback reports generated for the selected fiscal year with the final column with the report download link emphasized

TDP will send you a notification email when Feedback Reports are uploaded and link you to the reports from the submission history section of a reporting period you're viewing in the Data Files tab.

Informational banner above TANF Submission History reading: Feedback Reports Available as of 12/1/2021. Please review the feedback (link) and if needed, resubmit complete and accurate data

Understanding Feedback Reports

Each ZIP file contains multiple feedback reports for the preliminary work participation rate and time limit calculations. Please refer to the most recently produced report for the most up-to-date feedback about your data. For examples of each type of feedback report and explanations of error flags please refer to the downloadable workbook below.

If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact Yun.Song@acf.hhs.gov and copy TANFData@acf.hhs.gov.

Download Workbook

Report types included in the workbook

TANF WPR Reports

  1. TANF Monthly Cases Summary
  2. Error Flags
  3. TANF Cases Review
    • 3.0 Zero Payment
    • 3.1 Excuse Absense hours >4 hours
    • 3.2 Holiday hours >4 or 6 hours
    • 3.3 Work hours >80 hours
    • 3.4 Disregarded but met work requirement cases
  4. Numerator / Denominator and rate

SSP WPR Reports

  1. SSP Monthly Cases Summary
  2. Error Flags
  3. SSP Cases Review
    • 3.0 Zero Payment
    • 3.1 Excuse Absense hours >4 hours
    • 3.2 Holiday hours >4 or 6 hours
    • 3.3 Work hours >80 hours
    • 3.4 Disregarded but met work requirement cases
  4. Numerator / Denominator and rate

TANF & SSP Combined

  1. TANF & SSP numerator / denominator and rate
  2. TANF & SSP combined WPRs

Time Limit Reports

  1. Countable Months
  2. Exemption Distribution
  3. TimeLimit Errorflags
  4. Number of cases with over 60 months