[1996 Green Book] SECTION 8. AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND RELATED PROGRAMS (TITLE IV-A) *

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    * The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 

Act of 1996 changed this program; see appendix L for details.

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CONTENTS

Overview
Basic Federal Rules
Treatment of Income and Resources

• Unearned Income
• Earned Income and Disregards
• Resources
• Accounting Period and Monthly Reporting

The AFDC Unemployed Parents Program
Interaction Between AFDC and Other Programs

• Medicaid
• Food Stamps
• Earned Income Credit (EIC)
• Child Support Enforcement
• SSI and Social Security
• Other Benefit Programs
• Participation in Multiple Means-Tested Programs
• Spending for Cash and Noncash Benefits for Persons of Limited Income

Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program


• Purpose and Administration
• Assessment, Employability Plan, Case Management, and Orientation
• JOBS Activities
• Participation Requirements
• Targeting of JOBS Funds
• Funding of JOBS and Supportive Services
• Indian Tribes and JOBS
• Supportive and Transitional Services
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
• Welfare-to-Work Efforts: Some Assessments

Title IV-A Emergency Assistance
Waivers From Federal AFDC Law--Section 1115 Demonstration Projects
Child Care for Families at Risk of AFDC Receipt
AFDC Benefit Levels and Trends

• Maximum Benefits (State AFDC Guarantees)
• Need and Payment Standards
• Trends in Benefits
• Income Eligibility Limits
• AFDC Benefits for Special Needs

Federal and State Funding of AFDC Benefit Payments and Administrative Costs
AFDC Caseload Data

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

Characteristics of AFDC Families


• National Data About AFDC Families
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
• State Data About AFDC Families

The AFDC Quality Control System

• Description of AFDC Quality Control System
• Quality Control and JOBS Performance Standards
• Recent Quality Control Statistics

Welfare Dynamics

• Exits and Returns to AFDC
• Endings and Beginnings of AFDC Spells
• Length of Time on Welfare and Turnover Within the AFDC Caseload
• Relationship of Personal Characteristics to Duration of AFDC
• Welfare Dependency
• Intergenerational Transmission of AFDC Receipt

Adolescent and Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing and Use of AFDC

• Trends Over Time
• First Births to Unmarried Women
• Links to AFDC Use

Legislative History

• Part 1
• Part 2

References

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