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Federally Administered Means-Tested Programs - Noncash Means-tested Benefits

Noncash benefits are those given in a form other than cash, such as vouchers, coupons, or commodities of some kind. The remainder of this chapter discusses some of the major noncash means-tested programs, including food stamps; the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program; Medicaid; Head Start; home energy assistance; and housing assistance.

Under Public Law 104-193, the welfare-reform law enacted in August 1996, many of these programs are being funded as block grants (lump sums of money) from the federal government to the states. (For more information about this welfare law, see Chapter 2.)

TABLE 8.2
Total annual amount of payments, by source of payment and eligibility category, selected years 1974–2001
(In thousands of dollars)

State supplementation
Year Total* Federal SSI Federally administered State administered*
All persons
1974 5,245,719 3,833,161 1,263,652 148,906
1975 5,878,224 4,313,538 1,402,534 162,152
1980 7,940,734 5,866,354 1,848,286 226,094
1985 11,060,476 8,777,341 1,972,597 310,538
1990 16,598,680 12,893,805 3,239,154 465,721
1995 27,627,658 23,919,430 3,117,850 590,378
1996 28,791,924 25,264,878 2,987,596 539,450
1997 29,052,089 25,457,387 2,913,181 681,521
1998 30,216,345 26,404,793 3,003,415 808,137
1999 30,959,475 26,805,156 3,300,976 853,343
2000 31,564,439 27,290,248 3,381,451 892,740
2001 33,060,819 28,705,503 3,460,353 894,963
Aged
1974 2,503,407 1,782,742 631,292 89,373
1975 2,604,792 1,842,980 673,535 88,277
1980 2,734,270 1,860,194 756,829 117,247
1985 3,034,596 2,202,557 694,114 137,925
1990 3,736,104 2,521,382 1,038,006 176,716
1995 4,467,146 3,374,772 864,450 227,924
1996 4,507,202 3,449,407 833,091 224,705
1997 4,531,973 3,479,948 823,581 228,444
1998 4,424,877 3,327,856 838,375 258,646
1999 4,724,748 3,514,689 921,332 271,003
2000 4,811,048 3,595,384 942,530 283,073
2001 4,958,644 3,708,527 955,549 294,568
Blind
1974 130,195 91,308 34,483 4,404
1975 130,936 92,427 34,813 3,696
1980 190,075 131,506 54,321 4,248
1985 264,162 195,183 64,657 4,322
1990 334,120 238,415 90,534 5,171
1995 375,512 298,238 69,203 8,071
1996 371,869 298,897 65,894 7,077
1997 374,857 302,656 65,189 7,012
1998 366,452 291,050 67,137 8,265
1999 391,181 308,556 73,028 8,557
2000 394,484 312,144 73,688 8,636
2001 407,371 323,895 74,729 8,747
Disabled
1974 2,601,936 1,959,112 597,876 44,948
1975 3,142,476 2,378,131 694,186 70,159
1980 5,013,948 3,874,655 1,037,137 102,156
1985 7,754,588 6,379,601 1,213,826 161,161
1990 12,520,568 10,134,007 2,110,615 275,946
1995 22,778,547 20,246,415 2,184,197 347,935
1996 23,905,578 21,516,579 2,088,610 300,389
1997 24,006,254 21,685,421 2,024,410 296,423
1998 25,304,721 22,785,879 2,097,903 420,939
1999 25,722,400 22,598,270 2,306,616 452,640
2000 26,189,350 23,399,442 2,365,233 479,635
2001 27,611,303 24,695,630 2,430,077 485,596
* Includes data not distributed by category.
SOURCE: "Table 7.A4. Total Annual Amount of Payments, by Source of Payment and Eligibility Category, Selected Years 1974–2001," in Annual Statistical Supplement, 2002, Social Security Administration, December 2002 [Online] http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2002/supp02.pdf [accessed January 13, 2004]

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