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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Sixteenth Report to Congress

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This report provides welfare indicators through 2014 for most indicators and through 2015 for some indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996. The report analyzes the proportion of individuals who receive more than half of their total family income in one year from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and defines these individuals as "welfare dependent." 

Files
WelfareIndicators.pdf (pdf, 1.1 MB)
Topics
Caseload Trends & Dynamics | Data Policy | Key Indicators | Poverty & Income Dynamics | Poverty Measures
Product Type
Report to Congress
Program
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | Supplemental Security Income (SSI) | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)