TABLE 5
	PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN LEAVING AFDC FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH JUNE 1995,
	BY THEIR MEDICAID STATUS THREE AND SIX MONTHS AFTER LEAVING AFDC
			Alabama			California			Florida			Michigan			New Jersey
			Three Months After Leaving AFDC
	Not Enrolled in Medicaid		55.7			46.7			49.8			46.9			57.9
	Medicaid Enrollment Group
	Transitional Coverage		NAa			7.4			15.0			NAa			16.9
	Medically Needy		--			8.4			0.8			10.6			0.0
	Poverty-related		0.7			0.9			18.0			9.7			1.5
	SSI		3.5			1.4			1.9			<0.0			1.3
	Other Noncash		35.3			23.4b			7.7			27.5			18.4
	AFDC Cash		4.8			12.0			7.0			5.3			3.9
	Subtotal		44.3			53.3			50.2			53.1			42.1
	Total		100.0			100.0			100.0			100.0			100.0
			Six Months After Leaving AFDC
	Not Enrolled in Medicaid		55.1			51.0			48.2			44.1			56.9
	Medicaid Enrollment Group
	Transitional Coverage		NAa			5.3			9.0			NA			16.4
	Medically Needy		--			9.4			0.6			8.8			0.0
	Poverty-related		7.1			1.4			15.6			10.1			2.2
	SSI		3.7			1.4			2.1			0.1			1.3
	Other Noncash		20.5			10.2b			5.6			22.2			11.4
	AFDC Cash		13.7			21.3			19.0			14.8			11.8
	Subtotal		45.0			38.8			51.9			56.0			43.1
	Total		100.0			100.0			100.0			100.0			100.0
			(n = 30,676)			(n = 268,897)			(n = 170,161)			(n = 85,891)			(n = 42,655)
	SOURCE:	1995 State Medicaid Research File data.
	NA = Not available.
	aIn Alabama and Michigan, persons qualifying for Medicaid under the transitional coverage provisions
	could not be separately identified.  For these two states, persons with transitional coverage are included
	under the Other Non-Cash group.
	bIncludes court-ordered Edwards v. Kizer group for California, which allows families leaving welfare to remain on Medicaid until their eligibility under other coverage provisions can be redetermined.