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Grantee Information State of Minnesota Fiscal Year 2013 1. Name of Service Program: Minnesota Working Family Credit 2. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services and Activities. [MN Statute 290.0671] MN Working Family Credit. This program provides a tax benefit to eligible low–income families through a refundable income tax credit. 3. Purpose(s) of Benefit or Service Program: The purpose of the program is to provide economic support to low–income families as well as to encourage employment among low–income parents. 4. Program Type: This program is operated under the TANF program. 5. Description of Work Activities: N/A 6. Total State Expenditures for the Program for the Fiscal Year: $196,618,237 7. Total State MOE Expenditures under the Program for the Fiscal Year: $ 97,487,875 8. Total Number of Families served with MOE funds: 116,892 This number represents the total served over the fiscal year 9. Financial eligibility criteria for receiving MOE–funded program benefits or services: A family that qualifies for the federal Earned Income Credit also qualifies for the MN Working Family Credit. 10. Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law? Yes _______________ No ________X_______ 11. Total Program Expenditures in FY 1995: $22,800,000 1. Name of Service Program: Head Start 2. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services and Activities. [MN Statutes 119A.50] Head Start is a federal and state funded child and family development program, helping low–income families become self–reliant while also helping prepare their children for school success. 3. Purpose(s) of Benefit or Service Program: The purpose of the Head Start program is to provide comprehensive child development services to children, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills required to be successful in school. 4. Program Type: This program is operated separate from the TANF program. 5. Description of Work Activities: N/A. 6. Total State Expenditures for the Program for the Fiscal Year: $ 19,762,536 7. Total State MOE Expenditures under the Program for the Fiscal Year: $5,700,000 8. Total Number of Families served with MOE funds: 591 9. This number represents the total served under the program in the fiscal year 10.Financial criteria for receiving MOE–funded program benefits or services: a. Head Start eligibility requires that at least 90% of children enrolled be from low income families as defined by the federal poverty level. State funding to supplement the federal Head Start program is authorized under Minnesota Statute 119A.52. 11.Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law? Yes___ ________ No___X____________ 12.Total Program Expenditures in FY 1995: Not Applicable – $11,500,000

1. Name of Service Program: MFIP/DWP Child Care Assistance 2. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services and Activities. MFIP/DWP Child Care Assistance. [MN Statute 119B] The Child Care Assistance program helps caregivers receiving MFIP or DWP benefits with child care costs while participating in authorized activities such as working, looking for work, or participating in other activities that are part of an employment service plan. In addition, a family who leaves MFIP or DWP may be eligible to receive Transition Year Child Care Assistance for up to 12 calendar months after leaving MFIP/DWP. 3. Purpose(s) of Benefit or Service Program: The purpose of MFIP/DWP child care assistance is to help families with child care costs while they are participating in MFIP/DWP authorized activities, such as job search, employment, or training/education. 4. Program Type: This program is operated under the TANF program. 5. Description of Work Activities: N/A this is not a separate State program. 6. Total State Expenditures for the Program for the Fiscal Year: $ 41,313,493 This amount includes the state’s matching requirement under CCDF of $ 16,831,362 7. Total State MOE Expenditures under the Program for the Fiscal Year: $24,482,131 A portion of this amount ($19,690,299) is also used to meet the CCDF MOE requirement 8. Total Number of Families served with MOE funds: 1,776 This last figure represents the estimated average monthly total for the fiscal year. 9. Financial eligibility criteria for receiving MOE–funded program benefits or services: Child care though MFIP is available to families who have an approved job search support or employment plan under MN Statutes 256J.521 or meet the employment requirements under MN Statutes 119B. 10.Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law? Yes _______X_______ No _______________ 11. Total Program Expenditures in FY 1995: Not Applicable.

1. Name of Service Program: Basic Sliding Fee (BSF) Child Care Subsidy 2. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services and Activities. Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance Program [MN Statutes 119B, 119A] The BSF program assists low–income working families who are not participating in MFIP or DWP with child care costs. 3. Purpose(s) of Benefit or Service Program: The purpose of the BSF child care assistance is to help pay the child care costs while low– income non MFIP/DWP families work, look for work or attend educational programs. 4. Program Type: This program is operated under the TANF program. 5. Description of Work Activities: N/A this is not a separate State program. 6. Total State Expenditures for the Program for the Fiscal Year: $ 49,372,797 This amount includes the state’s matching requirement under CCDF of $20,114,770 7. Total State MOE Expenditures under the Program for the Fiscal Year: $ 29,258,027 8. Total Number of Families served with MOE funds: 2966 The number of families served represents the estimated average monthly total for the fiscal year. 9. Financial criteria for receiving MOE–funded program benefits or services: Families may enter the BSF program if their income is less than or equal to 175% of the federal poverty guidelines, adjusted for family size. Families moving from Transition Year to BSF are considered to have met the income entry requirement in the first subprogram in which they participated. Families may receive child care assistance until their income reaches 250% of the federal poverty guidelines, adjusted for family size. Eligible families may receive BSF child care assistance for children under the age of 13 or, for children with a disability, under the age of 15. Parents must be working, looking for work, or in an authorized education/training activity. 10. Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law? Yes ______X________ No _______________ 11. Total Program Expenditures in FY 1995: Not Applicable.

1. Name of Service Program: Credit for K–12 Education Expenses 2. Description of the Major Program Benefits, Services and Activities. The Credit for K–12 Education Expenses [MN Statutes 290.0674] is a refundable tax credit which is equal to 75% of eligible education expenses for a qualifying child in kindergarten through grade 12. 3. Purpose(s) of Benefit or Service Program: Eligible expenses include fees or tuition for instruction outside the regular school day or school year, such as tutoring and educational summer camps. Also eligible are costs required for the regular school day for textbooks, instructional materials, and transportation costs paid to others. Private school tuition does not qualify for the credit, although it does qualify for the subtraction. Eligible expenses also include personal computer hardware and educational software, limited to a maximum of $200 per family. 4. Program Type: This program is operated separate from the TANF program. 5 Description of Work Activities: N/A 6 Total State Expenditures for the Program for the Fiscal Year: 14,815,369 7 Total State MOE Expenditures under the Program for the Fiscal Year: 11,755,372 8 Total Number of Families served with MOE funds: 45,563 i. This represents the average monthly total (Total MOE divided by $255.28 average case cost) 9 Financial criteria for receiving MOE–funded program benefits or services: The maximum credit of $1,000 times the number of children in kindergarten through grade 12 is allowed to taxpayers with total household income of $33,500 or less. For taxpayers with one or two children, the maximum credit is phased out for household income between $33,500 and $37,500. For taxpayers with more than two children, the phase–out range for the maximum credit is increased by $2,000 for each additional child. 10. Program Authorization: Was this program authorized and allowable under prior law? ___________ No___X____________ 11.Total Program Expenditures in FY 1995: Not Applicable There were no state expenditures in 1995. This refundable tax credit was instituted beginning in 1997.