Content by Keyword: Poverty and Income Dynamics

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

Date All Recipientsas a Percent of Total Population 1 Adults 18-64 as a Percent of 18-64 Population 1 Child Recipients as a Percent of All Children 1 Elderly Recipients (Persons 65 & Older) as a Percent of All Persons 65 & Older 1

Date Total Eligibility Category Type of Recipient Aged Blind and Disabled Children Adults Age 18-64 65 or Older Total

Source: Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, (Data available online at http://www.ssa.gov/statistics/ores_home.html).

The following tables and figures provide SSI program data:

Several legislative changes made in the 104th Congress are likely to affect SSI participation and expenditures. Public Law 104-121, the Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996, prohibits SSI eligibility to individuals whose drug addiction and/or alcoholism (DAA) is a contributing factor material to the finding of disability. This provision a

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

                  Percent Change   1975 1980 1985 1989 1994 1997 2000 2001 1989-94 1994-01

                  Percent Change Fiscal Year 1975 1980 1985 1989 1994 1997 2000 2001 1989-94 1994-01

  1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1998 2000 2001 Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished data from the Food Stamp National Data Bank. Alabama $108 $246 $318

  Year 1   1980 1984 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2001 1 Data were gathered in August in the years 1980-84 and during the summer in the years from 1986 to 1994. Reports from 1995 to the present are based on fiscal year averages.

  Total Federal Cost (Benefits + Administration) Benefits 2 (Federal) [In millions] Administration 1 Total Program Cost [In millions] Average Monthly Benefit per Person Fiscal Year Current Dollars [In millions]

  Food Stamp Participants 1 Participants as a Percent of: Child Participants As a Percent of: Fiscal Year Including 2 Territories (in thousands) Excluding Territories (in thousands) Children Excld. Terr. (in thousands) Total Population 3 All Poor Persons 3

Note: Shaded areas are periods of recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, National Data Bank.

As shown in Table FSP 3, the proportion of food stamp households with earnings has increased, from about 20 percent for most of the 1980s and early 1990s, to 27 percent in 2001. At the same time, the proportion of households with income from AFDC/TANF has declined, from 42 percent in 1984 to 23 percent in 2001, following the dramatic decline in AF

Food Stamp Caseload Trends (Tables FSP 1-2). Average monthly food stamp participation in 2001 (including participants in Puerto Rico’s block grant) was 18.4 million persons. This represents a slight increase over the 2000 record-low average. Average monthly participation fell from its peak of 28.9 million in an average month in 1994 to an aver