Going It Alone: Why Eligible Families Choose Not to Receive Public Benefits
Description
This survey research, from 2004 and 2005, examines the reasons that poor families with children, who may be eligible for a range of public assistance programs, choose not to use those benefits. The benefits discussed are TANF, Medicaid, food stamps, EITC, tuition assistance, Working Connections child care subsidies, and WIC.
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Executive Summary (pdf) - January 2005 - Full Report (pdf)
- Survey Appendices (pdf)
- A Follow-Up Focusing on Five Race and Ethnicity Populations (pdf)- April 2007
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Last modified: July 13, 2007
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
