@article{Todd:58613,
      recid = {58613},
      author = {Todd, Jessica E. and Newman, Constance and Ver Ploeg,  Michele},
      title = {Changing Participation in Food Assistance Programs Among  Low-Income Children After Welfare Reform},
      address = {2010-02},
      number = {1477-2016-121153},
      series = {Economic Research Report},
      pages = {30},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {In 1996, the safety net for poor households with children  fundamentally changed when
Federal legislation replaced Aid  to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with
Temporary  Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). This study  investigates participation
in, and benefits received from,  AFDC/TANF and food assistance programs, before and
after  the legislation, for children in low-income households  (income below 300 percent
of the Federal poverty line). The  results show that, between 1990 and 2004, the share
of  children receiving food stamp benefits declined, most  notably among children in the
poorest households (income  below 50 percent of the Federal poverty line). The share  of
children receiving benefits from the school meals  programs and the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for  Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) rose, mainly among  children
in low-income households with income above the  Federal poverty line. Overall, the share
of children in  households that received benefits from AFDC/TANF or food  assistance
programs grew from 35 percent to 52 percent.  However, the net result of these changes
is that average  total inflation-adjusted household benefits from all  programs examined
declined. The decline was largest among  children in the poorest households.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/58613},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.58613},
}