Expanding TANF Program Insights: A Toolkit for State and Local Agencies on How to Access, Link, and Analyze Unemployment Insurance Wage Data

Abstract

The primary purpose of this toolkit is to offer practical guidance to state and local TANF agencies on how to access, link, and analyze employment data from unemployment insurance (UI) systems for program monitoring, reporting, and evaluation. The toolkit may also be useful to other state human services agencies (for example, SNAP and Child Support) that want to expand their data use, as well as policymakers interested in supporting improved workforce outcomes. State Department of Labor agencies may also gain useful insights from the data preparation section in Part 4, as well as from the broader discussion of ways to use employment data to improve human services programs.