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Income Assistance (AFDC/TANF) Caseload

Compared to Population Under Age 18
Average Monthly Caseload

Chart: Income Assistance (AFDC/TANF) Caseload Compared to Population Under Age 18

  • Since the implimentation of welfare reform in 1997, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) caseloads have dropped dramatically, despite the growing population of children under 18 years old, 5.5 percent of whom are in TANF households.
  • The population of infants has also been growing, 9.4 percent of whom are in TANF households.
  • The increase in the AFDC caseload in the 1990s was a result of welfare reforms of that era, which stressed the need to prepare clients for work. Nationally it was known as the Family Support Act. In Washington, the program was known as the Family Independence Program (FIP).

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Last modified: December 14, 2007
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
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