As states try to move more TANF recipients into work, they are searching for ways to target families that may need additional help in achieving self-sufficiency. This report describes characteristics of recipients, using the Emergency TANF database maintained by the U. S. Department of Health...

This study used a microsimulation model to assess the effect of changes to state-level Food Stamp Program asset rules on household eligibility and benefits. Seven percent of households eligible in 2006 were eligible only through expanded categorical eligibility rules that exempted them from...

Notes that fewer people are now eligible for food stamps than in the past, but a higher proportion of those eligible chose to participate, and overall participation rates rose in 2000 after five years of decline. Although participation rates rose for most groups, they declined in 2000 for...

Summarizes the demographic and economic circumstances of food stamp households. On average, about 21.3 million people received food stamps each month in 2003. A little more than half of all food stamp households contained children, and most of these households were headed by a single parent....

This report, the latest in a series on food stamp participation rates based on the March Current Population Survey, presents national participation rates for fiscal year 2003. Of the 37 million individuals eligible for food stamps in an average month in 2003, 21 million (56 percent) chose to...