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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Fourteenth Report to Congress
- 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 by ASPE’s Office of Human Services Policy. As mandated under the Congressional act, the report addresses the rate of welfare dependence, the degree and duration of welfare recipiency and dependence, and predictors of welfare dependence. Analyses of means-tested assistance in the report include benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly 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. Data for most indicators are updated through 2012.
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Executive Summary
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Chapter I. Introduction and Overview
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Chapter II. Indicators of Dependence
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Chapter III. Predictors and Risk Factors Associated with Welfare Receipt
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Appendices
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