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Serving TANF and Low-Income Populations through

Serving TANF and Low-Income Populations through WIA One-Stop Centers

National welfare reform legislation in 1996 created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, which imposed time limits on cash assistance receipt and broadened and strengthened mandates for clients to work or engage in work-related activities. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) rationalized and consolidated multiple empl
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Food Stamp Program Data

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Food Stamp Program Data

The following seven tables and figures provide information about the Food Stamp Program, including information about the Nutrition Assistance Program in Puerto Rico:
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Recent Legislative and Regulatory Changes

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Recent Legislative and Regulatory Changes

Title IV and Subtitle A of title VIII of the PRWORA contains major and extensive revisions to the Food Stamp Program, including strong work requirements on able-bodied adults without children, restricted benefits for legal immigrants, and a reduction in maximum benefits.  These three provisions, and subsequent amendments, are discussed below; the
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INDICATOR 9. RATES OF RECEIPT OF MEANS-TESTED

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Indicator 9. Rates of Receipt of Means-tested Assistance

Figure IND 9a. Percentage of the Total Population Receiving AFDC/TANF, by Age: 1970-98
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Help With Child Support Payments

Foundations for Strong Families 201. Help With Child Support Payments

Research shows that child support is an important source of income for single parents, yet many low-income single parents, who are often mothers, receive inconsistent payments from non-custodial parents. 18 There are several reasons for the irregular payments that include: constraints on non-custodial parents’ ability to pay such as spells of u
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Food Stamp Program

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002. Food Stamp Program

The Food Stamp Program, 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, the Food Stamp Program has few cate
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Food Stamp Program

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2006. Food Stamp Program

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
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Notes

A Demographic Snapshot of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Notes

In 2010, the year for the data estimates, the federal poverty threshold was $11,344 for a single adult and $17,552 for a family of three with one child. Twice the pov-erty level was $22,688 for a single adult and $35,104 for a family of three (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/). Men in the armed forces and those in group qua
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Food Stamp Program

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2007. Food Stamp Program

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, the FSP has few categorical r
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UI as a Safety Net for Former TANF Recipients

UI as a Safety Net for Former TANF Recipients

This report analyzes whether former TANF recipients who lose their jobs apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and it describes the role of UI in TANF leavers' well-being and the types of employment deficits that might prevent their access to UI. This study uses newly available data linking information on both TANF and UI rece
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Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who

Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through Their Middle Twenties

A primary task for youth in transitioning to adulthood is sustaining employment to be self-sufficient. Studies of former youth who age out of foster care find that they generally experience unstable employment patterns and earn very low incomes between ages 18 and 20. However, less is known about whether these youths' initial patterns of employm
From: Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through Their Middle Twenties
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Partners for Fragile Families (PFF) Demonstration

Partners for Fragile Families (PFF) Demonstration Projects: Employment and Child Support Outcomes And Trends

This report focuses on the characteristics of PFF participants and participants' employment, earnings, and child support patterns prior and subsequent to their enrollment in the program. Quarterly wage data from state unemployment compensation records were used to assess employment outcomes. State child support data on child support awards and pay
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Enhancing Child Support Enforcement Efforts

Enhancing Child Support Enforcement Efforts Through Improved Use of Information on Debtor Income

This report examines how some of the information available to OCSE and the states' IV-D programs through the Federal Parent Locator Service can be used to enhance enforcement efforts. Specifically, this report explores the potential income sources of non-custodial parents with arrearages. It examines alternative income sources for those obligors w
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Receipt of Unemployment Insurance Among Low-

Receipt of Unemployment Insurance Among Low-Income Single Mothers

This Issue Brief presents analysis of data on unemployment receipt from the Census Bureau's Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS). This data analysis is supplemented by findings from two studies by Mathematica Policy Research on eligibility for unemployment insurance among former welfare recipients. By focu
From: Receipt of Unemployment Insurance Among Low-Income Single Mothers
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Unemployment Insurance As a Potential Safety Net

Unemployment Insurance As a Potential Safety Net for TANF Leavers: Evidence from Five States

This report is one in a series produced under the National Evaluation of the DOL Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants Program. This study examines the extent to which former welfare recipients, if they were to experience a job loss, are likely to have monetary eligibility for Unemployment Insurance (UI).
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Study to Examine UI Eligibility Among Former TANF

Study to Examine UI Eligibility Among Former TANF Recipients: Evidence from New Jersey

This study examines the extent to which former TANF recipients who leave welfare and find jobs would be potentially eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) in case of job loss, considering both monetary and nonmonetary eligibility, as well as potential benefit levels. The study also examines how many former TANF recipients who found jobs and even
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Food Stamp Program

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2005 . Food Stamp Program

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
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Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2005 . Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program — originally named the Aid to Dependent Children program — 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 abs
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INDICATOR 3. RATES OF RECEIPT OF MEANS-TESTED

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2003. Indicator 3. Rates of Receipt of Means-tested Assistance

Figure IND 3a. Percentage of the Total Population Receiving AFDC/TANF, by Age: 1970-2001 Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, and U.S. Bureau of the Census, (available online at http://www.census.gov).
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INDICATOR 10. EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2005 . Indicator 10. Events Associated with the Beginning and Ending of Program Spells

Figure IND 10a. Trigger Events Associated with Single Mother TANF Entries during 2001 SIPP Panel Source: Unpublished tabulations from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2001 panel.

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