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Figure WORK 7. Percentage of the Total Population Reporting a Disability, by Age: 1994 Source:  Unpublished data from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey on Disability, Phase I; 1994 NHIS, and 1994 Family Resources Supplement.

Figure ECON 7a.  Total, Non-AFDC/TANF, and AFDC/TANF Title IV-D Child Support Collections: 1978-1999

Figure ECON 4.  Percentage of Total Population in Poverty with Various Means-Tested Benefits Added to Total Cash Income: 1979-1999

Figure IND 3a. Percentage of the Total Population Receiving AFDC/TANF, by Age: 1970-1999

Figure IND 1a. Percentage of Total Income from Means-Tested Assistance Programs: 1998 Source:  March CPS data, analyzed using the TRIM3 microsimulation model.

Changes in dependence may or may not be associated with changes in the level of deprivation, depending on the alternative sources of support found by families who might otherwise be dependent on welfare.  To assess the social impacts of any change in dependence, changes in the level of poverty or deprivation also must be considered.  One way of

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 declared that its purpose was "to provide the public with generally accepted measures of welfare receipt so that it can track such receipt over time and determine whether progress is being made in reducing the rate at which and, to the extent feasible, the degree to which, families depend on income from welfare p

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program is a means-tested, federally administered income assistance program authorized by title XVI of the Social Security Act. Established in 1972 (Public Law 92-603) and begun in 1974, SSI provides monthly cash payments in accordance with uniform, nationwide eligibility requirements to needy aged, blind and

The Food Stamp Program (FSP), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service, is the largest food assistance program in the country, reaching more poor individuals over the course of a year than any other public assistance program. Unlike many other public assistance programs, FSP has few categorical requi

Health conditions that limit parents' ability to work are important predictors of family economic problems and future dependence. Figure WORK 4. Percent Reporting a Fuctional Disability, 1994

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 as a grant program to enable states to provide cash welfare payments for needy children who had been deprived of parental support or care because their father or mother was absent from the home, incapacitated, deceased, or unemployed. All 50 states, t

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 specifies that the annual welfare indicators reports shall include analyses of families and individuals receiving assistance under three means-tested benefit programs: the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program authorized under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (replaced with the Tempo

Figure WORK 7. Percentage of the Non-Elderly Population Reporting a Disability, by Age and Race/Ethnicity: 2002 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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  Total Recipiency Rate Rate for Adults 18-64 Rate for Adults 65 & Over 1979 2001 Percent Change 1979-01 1979 2001 Percent Change 1979-01 1979 2001 Percent Change 1979-01

State Total Total Federal Federal SSI State Supplementation Federally Administered State Administered

  1980 1985 1990 1992 1994 1997 2000 2001 Note: Data are for December of the year. 1 For 1980-1992 male-female classification reflects all blind and disabled, both children and adults; thereafter, it is based on adults only.

Date Total Federal State Supplementation Total Federally Administered State Administered

Calendar Year Total 1 Federal Payments State Supplementation 2001 Dollars Current Dollars Total Federally Administered State Administered

Calendar Year Total Benefits Federal Payments State Supplementation Administrative Costs (fiscal year) 2001 1 Dollars Current Dollars Total Federally Administered State Administered