Federal Funding and New York
The budget resolutions passed by the 119th Congress will lead to a dramatic restructuring of the federal⁠⁠-⁠⁠state⁠ ⁠relationship. This online resource focuses on federal funding and how it supports services in the State of New York.

Temporary Assistance

Federal Funding and New York
The budget resolutions passed by the 119th Congress will lead to a dramatic restructuring of the federal⁠⁠-⁠⁠state⁠ ⁠relationship. This online resource focuses on federal funding and how it supports services in the State of New York.

Federal Funding Data Story - Section 2

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In New York, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant provides funds to assist low-income families and individuals through child care, tax credits and other services, but the largest portion is spent on Temporary Assistance, which is overseen by the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA). Benefit amounts vary based on county of residence, household size and other factors, and include cash and a small amount of non-cash assistance. Cash Temporary Assistance is limited to 60 months for any adult.

In February 2026, 192,500 people received federally funded Temporary Assistance benefits totaling $51.7 million for the month. 73.6 percent of recipients (141,763) were in New York City, receiving $30.4 million in benefits. Outside of New York City, Erie County had the largest number of recipients (7,937), receiving almost $2.0 million in benefits.

Figure 1 – New York State Federally Participating Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Recipients,
January 2015 – January 2026

 

Figure 1 Data Table
Month/YearRecipients
January-2015251,342
February-2015250,234
March-2015251,794
April-2015248,893
May-2015248,133
June-2015247,686
July-2015247,654
August-2015246,643
September-2015247,329
Octocber-2015249,057
November-2015246,296
December-2015246,098
January-2016242,042
February-2016242,094
March-2016241,039
April-2016237,875
May-2016236,187
June-2016235,393
July-2016233,623
August-2016233,087
September-2016233,305
October-2016233,594
November-2016230,548
December-2016230,463
January-2017227,817
February-2017225,461
March-2017224,444
April-2017219,560
May-2017216,884
June-2017216,647
July-2017215,310
August-2017214,945
September-2017213,833
October-2017215,099
November-2017213,094
December-2017213,196
January-2018211,511
February-2018209,640
March-2018208,920
April-2018205,393
May-2018203,325
June-2018201,819
July-2018199,980
August-2018199,954
September-2018198,032
October-2018197,147
November-2018194,207
December-2018192,483
January-2019191,565
February-2019188,505
March-2019187,414
April-2019184,952
May-2019185,257
June-2019179,613
July-2019179,019
August-2019179,680
September-2019177,792
October-2019177,773
November-2019175,242
December-2019174,645
January-2020172,068
February-2020171,767
March-2020170,457
April-2020174,726
May-2020186,522
June-2020188,789
July-2020185,829
August-2020184,603
September-2020180,451
October-2020178,566
November-2020173,207
December-2020170,279
January-2021165,507
February-2021165,373
March-2021164,596
April-2021163,151
May-2021160,991
June-2021159,860
July-2021157,595
August-2021155,289
September-2021152,031
October-2021161,306
November-2021165,535
December-2021167,217
January-2022168,543
February-2022171,859
March-2022173,576
April-2022174,612
May-2022173,390
June-2022173,908
July-2022176,029
August-2022176,597
September-2022177,443
October-2022178,406
November-2022177,499
December-2022177,376
January-2023177,441
February-2023177,903
March-2023181,645
April-2023180,364
May-2023181,258
June-2023184,906
July-2023183,939
August-2023185,799
September-2023186,032
October-2023188,639
November-2023187,732
December-2023189,157
January-2024192,592
February-2024195,849
March-2024201,011
April-2024197,822
May-2024199,843
June-2024200,713
July-2024202,501
August-2024207,033
September-2024204,365
October-2024206,750
November-2024205,377
December-2024205,019
January-2025204,974
February-2025204,032
March-2025204,220
April-2025202,337
May-2025203,981
June-2025203,134
July-2025203,120
August-2025200,623
September-2025201,515
October-2025202,301
November-2025199,985
December-2025197,665
January-2026194,028

Note: Temporary Assistance includes Family Assistance and Safety Net Assistance recipients. The count reflected in the chart includes Family Assistance recipients that are federally funded, and a small number of Safety Net Recipients that are TANF cases in the non-cash portion of the Safety Net program, as reported by OTDA. It does not include Safety Net Assistance cases that are State funded.

Figure 2 – New York Federally Participating Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Expenditures, January 2015 – January 2026

 

Figure 2 Data Table
Month/YearExpenditures
January-2015$68,789,520
February-2015$67,433,875
March-2015$71,720,197
April-2015$68,986,923
May-2015$68,320,093
June-2015$68,392,610
July-2015$68,047,294
August-2015$66,401,888
September-2015$68,322,802
Octocber-2015$68,865,780
November-2015$65,718,661
December-2015$67,900,711
January-2016$63,324,113
February-2016$66,484,383
March-2016$68,270,926
April-2016$64,351,692
May-2016$64,615,856
June-2016$64,935,858
July-2016$61,870,944
August-2016$62,479,042
September-2016$62,821,393
October-2016$61,442,730
November-2016$60,787,377
December-2016$61,594,224
January-2017$60,502,324
February-2017$59,263,894
March-2017$61,316,310
April-2017$58,117,785
May-2017$58,576,208
June-2017$59,097,093
July-2017$57,027,126
August-2017$59,689,399
September-2017$58,732,422
October-2017$62,855,467
November-2017$62,634,753
December-2017$62,777,657
January-2018$62,313,785
February-2018$59,867,107
March-2018$62,707,209
April-2018$60,250,462
May-2018$58,571,855
June-2018$57,880,734
July-2018$56,320,648
August-2018$57,726,807
September-2018$56,543,031
October-2018$57,812,681
November-2018$54,627,214
December-2018$54,766,158
January-2019$55,551,462
February-2019$53,340,842
March-2019$54,712,008
April-2019$52,947,992
May-2019$53,342,971
June-2019$51,319,952
July-2019$52,147,543
August-2019$51,604,977
September-2019$50,716,086
October-2019$52,763,114
November-2019$49,611,152
December-2019$51,655,031
January-2020$51,435,316
February-2020$50,163,127
March-2020$49,019,187
April-2020$49,355,574
May-2020$52,040,205
June-2020$52,606,037
July-2020$51,149,435
August-2020$50,484,454
September-2020$49,741,810
October-2020$47,584,500
November-2020$46,926,684
December-2020$48,359,996
January-2021$44,785,167
February-2021$45,601,013
March-2021$47,573,244
April-2021$46,642,545
May-2021$45,614,724
June-2021$43,834,914
July-2021$43,743,929
August-2021$42,260,719
September-2021$41,382,003
October-2021$46,439,634
November-2021$46,356,030
December-2021$48,531,590
January-2022$46,358,835
February-2022$48,926,822
March-2022$51,157,737
April-2022$48,644,651
May-2022$50,333,567
June-2022$49,748,394
July-2022$50,169,270
August-2022$52,228,800
September-2022$49,963,419
October-2022$52,261,841
November-2022$52,299,037
December-2022$54,432,844
January-2023$52,427,225
February-2023$50,821,477
March-2023$56,008,143
April-2023$51,890,061
May-2023$55,233,878
June-2023$54,862,492
July-2023$52,996,025
August-2023$56,005,116
September-2023$53,863,462
October-2023$55,190,922
November-2023$54,968,507
December-2023$54,837,935
January-2024$55,242,601
February-2024$55,864,244
March-2024$56,756,580
April-2024$55,431,604
May-2024$57,851,882
June-2024$54,194,353
July-2024$57,753,318
August-2024$58,461,328
September-2024$55,139,837
October-2024$59,357,321
November-2024$55,942,188
December-2024$55,508,897
January-2025$56,379,684
February-2025$55,948,732
March-2025$56,618,771
April-2025$57,178,471
May-2025$56,702,690
June-2025$56,294,139
July-2025$55,954,428
August-2025$54,021,220
September-2025$53,926,629
October-2025$56,910,953
November-2025$52,832,608
December-2025$53,022,890
January-2026$53,598,645

Note: Temporary Assistance includes Family Assistance and Safety Net Assistance recipients. The count reflected in the chart includes Family Assistance recipients that are federally funded, and a small number of Safety Net Recipients that are TANF cases in the non-cash portion of the Safety Net program, as reported by OTDA. It does not include Safety Net Assistance cases that are State funded.

Source: OTDA

Figure 3 – New York Federally Participating Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Expenditures, by County, February 2026

Federal Funding and New York Map - Temporary Assistance

Federal Funding and New York Map - Style

Tioga Tompkins Seneca Seneca Seneca Niagara Orleans Genesee Erie Wyoming Monroe Wayne Ontario Livingston Livingston Livingston Yates Schuyler Steuben Chemung Chemung Chemung Allegany Cattaraugus Chautauqua Suffolk Westchester Westchester Westchester Putnam Orange Dutchess Columbia Columbia Columbia Ulster Sullivan Greene Albany Rensselaer Rensselaer Rensselaer Schoharie Saratoga Washington Washington Washington Warren Montgomery Otsego Delaware Fulton Essex Clinton Franklin St. Lawrence Lewis Jefferson Herkimer Hamilton Oneida Madison Oswego Onondaga Cortland Cortland Cortland Chenango Broome Cayuga Rockland Rockland Rockland Nassau Nassau Nassau Schenectady Schenectady Schenectady

Federal Funding and New York Map - JS

Figure 3 Data Table
DistrictRecipientsExpenditures
Albany1,600$702,154
Allegany219$58,171
Broome1,618$636,182
Cattaraugus619$162,007
Cayuga468$138,867
Chautauqua2,016$639,169
Chemung615$176,141
Chenango309$86,598
Clinton602$231,104
Columbia226$101,797
Cortland274$108,172
Delaware88$22,206
Dutchess649$488,604
Erie7,937$1,988,340
Essex70$22,730
Franklin250$68,729
Fulton354$115,425
Genesee134$30,751
Greene187$63,660
Hamilton11$2,364
Herkimer265$74,421
Jefferson534$141,477
Lewis76$21,938
Livingston285$84,808
Madison182$46,489
Monroe5,618$2,043,726
Montgomery257$69,868
Nassau1,687$1,854,372
Niagara1,206$325,678
Oneida2,232$637,798
Onondaga4,753$1,546,452
Ontario503$169,361
Orange1,324$1,064,059
Orleans336$124,082
Oswego807$236,045
Otsego124$32,399
Putnam63$20,179
Rensselaer715$182,584
Rockland447$219,683
St. Lawrence457$116,512
Saratoga256$72,164
Schenectady1,083$386,298
Schoharie101$35,079
Schuyler38$12,276
Seneca138$33,011
Steuben627$189,227
Suffolk2,922$3,154,018
Sullivan421$239,445
Tioga161$48,363
Tompkins383$150,624
Ulster643$423,331
Warren230$142,622
Washington206$69,490
Wayne258$76,825
Westchester2,970$1,439,055
Wyoming104$27,012
Yates79$23,649
New York City141,763$30,367,286

Note: Includes 1,268 Safety Net Assistance federally participating recipients receiving $518,415 in benefits. These are TANF recipients in the non-cash portion of the Safety Net Program due to substance abuse on the part of the case member. 

Source: OTDA