Explaining state AFDC and food stamp caseloads: has welfare reform discouraged food stamp participation?

Tschoepe, Gary J.; Hindera, John J.

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“…Outreach efforts to inform program clients about other programs for which they are, or may be, eligible also often link these programs. Before welfare reform, the FSP and AFDC shared application and certification processes and receiving AFDC was highly correlated with receiving FSP benefits (Tschoepe and Hindera, 2001). When TANF and FSP administration was separated under PRWORA, FSP participation declined along with that of TANF (Moffitt, 2008).…”

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Changing Participation in Food Assistance Programs Among Low-Income Children after Welfare Reform

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Changing Participation in Food Assistance Programs Among Low-Income Children after Welfare Reform

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“…One major factor was the 1996 welfare reform, restructuring the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC) into Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), that caused an almost 60 percent decline in welfare caseloads by 2005 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], ). Since the AFDC/TANF eligibility automatically qualified families for Food Stamps, the dwindling welfare participation also caused a declining FSP participation (from 9.5 percent in 1996 to 6.1 percent by 2001), even though this rebounded almost to the pre‐reform level by 2006 (Currie & Grogger, ; DHHS, , ; Oliveira, ; Tschoepe & Hindera, ).…”

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The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part I

Waglé¹

2012

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Part I: This analysis examines the role of the Food Stamps Program (FSP) in promoting economic security from 2004 to 2007. The goal is to explain how FSP has affected labor supply, income, and poverty at the family level. This analysis is published in two parts. This first article surveys the relevant research, develops the appropriate theoretical and empirical propositions, and presents and discusses the impact of FSP receipts on the poverty status of families. Findings suggest a significant contribution of the program's near-cash Food Stamps toward increasing income and reducing poverty. The second article, to appear in issue 5.1, presents findings from a more systematic analysis of the complex relationship of FSP with labor supply, income, and poverty.

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“…Using state‐level data for 1990, Tschoepe and Hindera () show that FSP participation was positively related to the levels of participation in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. Clearly, the availability of AFDC supports without time constraints would have encouraged families to seek support from multiple programs before the 1996 welfare reform.…”

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The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part II: The Effects of Labor and Income

Waglé¹

2013

Poverty & Public Policy

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This article is the second part of the analysis on this title, the first of which was published in issue 4.4 of this journal. Using a combination of family‐level micro data and state‐level macro indicators, the goal is to examine the roles of the Food Stamps Program (FSP) in promoting economic security during 2004 and 2007. To account for endogeneity and self‐selection bias likely in models of labor supply, income, and poverty using survey data, panel data models are estimated by instrumenting FSP receipts with TANF receipts at the family level and FSP participation rates at a specific geographic level. While substantiating the widely recognized work‐disincentive effects of FSP, results support its income‐enhancing effects on one hand and poverty‐increasing effects on the other. These seemingly contradictory results reaffirm that FSP supports are typically inadequate to make a significant dent in the economic insecurity of poor families even though they help promote economic security among low‐income but non‐poor families.

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Explaining state AFDC and food stamp caseloads: has welfare reform discouraged food stamp participation?

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Changing Participation in Food Assistance Programs Among Low-Income Children after Welfare Reform

Changing Participation in Food Assistance Programs Among Low-Income Children after Welfare Reform

The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part I

The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part II: The Effects of Labor and Income

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