Avg FIP Cases and Recipients and Total Grants by County and Year
mydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 30 Aug 2023The Family Investment Program (FIP) is Iowa's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. FIP provides cash assistance to needy families, as they become self-supporting so children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives. Data are provided on the number of cases (families) served, the number of recipients served and the dollar value of the payments provided summed by month and county starting January 2011 and updated monthly. A case is defined as a family group who receives FIP assistance together. A recipient is an individual on a FIP case.
This dataset has the following 5 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | month | calendar_date | Month ending date for month payments were made | 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000 2021-01-01T00:00:00.000 2023-01-01T00:00:00.000 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| County Name | county_name | text | County where families reside | Jefferson Keokuk Monroe Jackson Cherokee view top 100 |
| Cases | cases | number | Number of family groups who receives FIP assistance together | 15.5000000000000000 16.1666666666666667 25.6666666666666667 11.2500000000000000 14.9166666666666667 view top 100 |
| Recipients | recipients | number | Number of individuals on a FIP cases | 52.5000000000000000 54.6666666666666667 22.2500000000000000 25.2500000000000000 60.2500000000000000 view top 100 |
| Grants | grants | number | Amount of cash assistance payments made | 61642.00 25127 32121.00 71987.00 40345.00 view top 100 |