Income Assistance (AFDC/TANF)

Fiscal Year	Average Monthly Caseload
2008	50,118
2007	51,934
2006	55,523
2005	56,949
2004	55,609
2003	54,641
2002	55,043
2001	54,578
2000	58,796
1999	67,213
1998	85,524
1997	95,334
1996	99,375
1995	102,685
1994	102,755
1993	100,319
1992	94,974
1991	85,950
1990	80,408

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Income Assistance (AFDC/TANF) Caseload

Compared to Population Under Age 18
Average Monthly Caseload

• 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, 5.3 percent of whom were in TANF households in Fiscal Year 2008.
• The population of infants has also been growing, 9.3 percent of whom were in TANF households in Fiscal Year 2008.
• 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).

Data Sources:

• Office of Financial Management
• Department of Social and Health Services

Last modified: December 8, 2008
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
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