Pennsylvania TANF
Most states determine TANF payment rates solely through family composition. However, seven U.S. states use both location and family composition to determine TANF payment rates. These states include California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The following outlines the location variances in Pennsylvania for a family of three:
| Counties | Maximum TANF Payment |
| Bucks, Chester, Lancaster, Montgomery and Pike | $421.00 |
| Adams, Allegheny, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Centre, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lazeme, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Philadelphia, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union, Warren, Wayne. Westmoreland, Wyoming and York | $403.00 |
| Beaver, Cameron, Carbon, Clinton, Elk, Franklin, Indiana, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Perry, Potter, Snyder, Tioga, Venago and washington | $393.00 |
| Armstrong, Bedford, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntington, Jefferson, Juniata, Northumberland, Schuylikill and Somerset | $365.00 |
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Service Use and Costs for Persons Experiencing Chronic Homelessness in Philadelphia
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This study from Psychiatric Services, a Journal of the American Psychiatric Association, is the first to examine the distribution of service utilization and costs with a population-based sample that experienced chronic homelessness in sheltered and unsheltered locations in a large U.S. city.
The study used shelter and street outreach records from a large U.S. city to identify 2,703 persons who met federal criteria for chronic homelessness during a three-year period. Identifiers for these persons were matched to administrative records for psychiatric care, substance abuse treatment, and incarceration.
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