Welfare: Income and Relative Poverty Status of AFDC Families
HRD-88-9
Published: Nov 04, 1987. Publicly Released: Dec 18, 1987.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined: (1) incomes of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits; (2) major programs and other sources of AFDC recipients' incomes and how this income affected total incomes; (3) how AFDC recipient incomes compared with the poverty line, other welfare recipient incomes, and nonwelfare family incomes; and (4) welfare policy implications of these results.
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Comparative analysisEntitlementsIncome statisticsInteragency relationsLow income housingPublic assistance programsState-administered programsWelfare benefitsWelfare recipientsParticipation rates