Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2008

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

RESEARCH BRIEF

This report was written and compiled by Gil Crouse, Susan Hauan, and Annette Waters
Rogers of the Office of Human Services Policy under the direction of Melissa Pardue,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation.

A limited number of copies of this year’s report also are available from:

Office of Human Services Policy
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 404E
200 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Fax: 202-690-6562

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare an annual report to Congress on indicators welfare dependence. The Indicators of Welfare Dependence report is prepared within the Office of Human Services Policy and delivered to Congress each spring. As mandated under the Congressional act, the report addresses the rate of welfare dependency, the degree and duration of welfare recipiency and dependence, and predictors of welfare dependence. Further, analyses of means-tested assistance in the report include benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; the Food Stamp Program, and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. The report also includes risk factors related to economic security, employment, and nonmarital births, as well an appendix with data related to the above programs.