AFDC/TANF numbers compared, 101t
children and family structure, 58t, 145
households as distinct from, 27
households by family structure, 57t
participation rates for means-tested programs by family status, 88t
poor families with children, 30(f3.3)
poverty and family status, 23-24, 25t, 26t, 49-50, 76t
welfare recipients, 80t-82t, 83t-85t, 86-87
Federal government
Head Start, 121-122, 122t, 123t
hiring of welfare recipients, 150-151
housing assistance, 124-125, 124f, 125t
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), 122-123
National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, 114, 115t, 116t, 117t
public aid expenditures, 1-3, 2t, 3t, 4t, 152f
recipients in multiple assistance programs, 89, 89t, 90t
Supplemental Security Income (SSI), 12, 89, 90t, 107-108, 108f, 108t
unemployment compensation programs, 65t
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, 114-116, 118t
See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Medicaid; Medicare; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 33-34
Food assistance
Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act (1997), 14
maximum TANF and food benefits, 99t-100t
need for, 34-37
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, 13
school lunch and school breakfast programs, 114, 115t, 116t, 117t
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, 114-116, 118t
See also Food stamps; Hunger
Food expenditures, family, 30-31
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), 32-33
Food security and insecurity. See Hunger
Food stamps
AFDC family eligibility, 95-96
average monthly benefits, 112-113
income limits for eligibility, 112t
maximum allotments, 114t
participation rates, 109, 111-112, 112, 113t
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), 13, 14
recipients, 37(f3.8), 79, 113-114
TANF recipients, 98-99, 104t
work programs, 128
Former Welfare Families and the Food Stamp Program: The Exodus Continues (Zedlewski and Gruber), 154
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