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Table 5.3 Share of Federal Budget Used for Income-
Tested Aid, Selected Years 		94
Table 5.4 Recipients of AFDC/TANF, 1960-1998 96
Table 5.5 Program Participation of Households by Poverty
Status and Family Structure, 1997 		98
Table 5.6 Antipoverty Effectiveness of Cash and Noncash
Transfers, 1979-1996 		100
Table 5.7 Income-Tested Programs, Federal and State-
Local Costs: Fiscal Year 1996 		102
Table 5.8 AFDC Summary Data, Selected Fiscal Years,
1936-1996 		106
Table 5.9 Need Standard and Maximum AFDC/TANF
and Food Stamp Benefits, One-Parent Family
of Three Persons, January 1997 		110
Table 5.10 Historical Food Stamp Statistics, 1972-1996 117
Table 5.11 History of Medicaid Program Costs, 1966-1998 121
Table 5.12 Supplemental Security Income Summary,
Selected Years, 1974-1996 		124
Table 5.13 Earned Income Tax Credit, 1975-1996 127
Table 5.14 Earned Income Tax Credit Parameters, 1975-
1996 		128
Table 8.1 Change in Welfare Caseloads Since Enactment
of New Welfare Law, by State 		179
Figures
Figure 2.1 The American Poverty Population, 1959-1997 14
Figure 3.1 Poverty Rate for Individuals in Selected
Demographic Groups, 1997 		30
Figure 3.2 Mother-Only Families as a Percentage of all
Families with Children, 1959-1997 		32

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Publication Information: Book Title: American Poverty in a New Era of Reform. Contributors: Harrell R. Rodgers Jr. - author. Publisher: M. E. Sharpe. Place of Publication: Armonk, NY. Publication Year: 2000. Page Number: viii.
    
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