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The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-432) directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop indicators of the extent to which American families depend upon income from welfare programs and to publish annual reports on welfare dependency. These reports are to address questions concerning the extent to which American families

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence.  This Annual Report on Welfare Indicators, October 1998 is the second of these annual reports.

The Welfare Indicators Act challenges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to identify and set forth not only indicators of welfare dependence and welfare duration but also predictors and causes of welfare receipt. However, welfare research has not established clear and definitive causes of welfare dependence. Instead, it has identifie

Figure IND 8. Percentage of AFDC/TANF, Food Stamp, and SSI Spells for Individuals Entering Programs During the 1996 SIPP Panel, by Length of Spell Source: Unpublished data from the SIPP, 1996 Panel.

Figure IND 6. Dependency Status in 1999 of Persons Who Received More than 50 Percent of Income from Means-Tested Assistance in 1998, by Race/Ethnicity Source: Unpublished data from the SIPP, 1996 panel.

Figure IND 5. Percentage of Population Receiving Assistance from Multiple Programs (TANF, Food Stamps, SSI), Among Those Receiving Assistance: 2001

Figure IND 4. Participation Rates in the AFDC/TANF, Food Stamp and SSI Programs  Selected Years

Table A-19.Food Stamp Recipiency Rates by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1977 – 1998 [In percent]

Table A-18. Average Number of Food Stamp Recipients by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1977 – 1998 [In thousands]

Table A-17. Value of Food Stamps Issued by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1975 – 1998 [Millions of dollars]

Table A-16. Characteristics of Food Stamp Households, 1980 - 1998 [In percent]

Table A-15 Trends in Food Stamp Expenditures, Selected Years 1962 – 1999

Table A-14. Trends in Food Stamp Participation, Selected Years 1962 – 1999

Figure IND 3a. Percentage of the Total Population Receiving AFDC/TANF, by Age: 1970-2002

Figure IND 2. Percentage of Recipients in Families with Labor Force Participants in that Month, by Program: 2001 Source: March CPS data, analyzed using the TRIM3 microsimulation model.

Figure IND 1a. Percentage of Total Income from Means-Tested Assistance Programs: 2001 Source: March CPS data, analyzed using the TRIM3 microsimulation model.

Following the format of the previous annual reports to Congress, Chapter II presents summary data related to indicators of dependence. These indicators differ from other welfare statistics because of their emphasis on welfare dependence, rather than simple welfare receipt. As discussed in Chapter I, the Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators suggest

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence.  The 2008 Indicators of Welfare Dependence , the eleventh annual report, provides welfare dependence indicators through 2005, reflecting changes that have taken place si

Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications Prepared by : Ronette R. Briefel, Allison Hedley Dodd, Charlotte Cabili and Carol West Suitor