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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Seventeenth

Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Seventeenth Report to Congress

This report provides welfare dependence indicators through 2015 for most indicators and through 2016 for some indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.
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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Microsoft Word version of report (contains raw data for tables)

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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Microsoft Word version of report (contains raw data for tables)

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Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska

Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives Participating in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs

From: Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives Participating in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs
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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2004

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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2002

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Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 1998

  • Introduction
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Final Report on the Effects of Sample Attrition

Final Report on the Effects of Sample Attrition on Estimates of Channeling's Impacts

Randall S. Brown, Peter A. Mossel, Jennifer Schore, Nancy Holden and Judy Roberts
Examination of the Equivalence of Treatment and

Examination of the Equivalence of Treatment and Control Groups and the Comparability of Baseline Data

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Welfare Time Limits State Policies,

Welfare Time Limits State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families

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Indicators of Welfare Dependence Annual Report to

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001

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Appendix D. Sources of Data

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Appendix D. Sources of Data

As noted in Chapter I, this 2001 report uses data from the Annual March Demographic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS) to construct updated measures of some of the indicators that were based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) in prior year reports.  Specifically, the overall summary indicator of depe
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Appendix C. Additional Nonmarital Birth Data

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Appendix C. Additional Nonmarital Birth Data

Table C-1. Percentage of Births to Unmarried Women Within Age Groups, by Race: 1940-1999
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Appendix B: Alternative Definition of Dependence

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Appendix B: Alternative Definition of Dependence Based on Income from AFDC/TANF and Food Stamps

As directed by the Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-432), this annual report on Indicators of Welfare Dependence focuses on dependence on three programs: the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, now Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); the Food Stamp Program; and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) pro
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

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 a
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Food Stamp Program

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Food Stamp Program

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S.
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Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

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 is absent from the home, incapacitated, deceased, or unemployed.  All 50 states,
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Appendix A: Program Data

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Appendix A: Program Data

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
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Non-marital birth risk factor 4. Never-married

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Non-marital birth risk factor 4. Never-married family status

Figure BIRTH 4. Percentage of All Children Living in Families with a Never-Married Female Head, by Race: 1982-2000
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Non-marital Birth Risk Factor 3. Unmarried Teen

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001 . Non-marital Birth Risk Factor 3. Unmarried Teen Birth Rates Within Age Groups

Figure BIRTH 3a. Births per 1,000 Unmarried Teens Ages 15 to 17, by Race: 1960-1999 Figure BIRTH 3b. Births per 1,000 Unmarried Teens Ages 18 and 19, by Race: 1960-1999

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