It isn't like it used to be..............

Welfare rolls slashed across the U.S.

Welfare caseloads nationwide have declined by nearly 58% since the landmark overhaul of the nation's welfare system in 1996. How the numbers of families receiving welfare has changed, by state and territory (December 2005 figures are the most recent available):

State	Aug. 1996 families	Dec. 2005 families	Pct. change	State	Aug. 1996 families	Dec. 2005 families	Pct. change	State	Aug. 1996 families	Dec. 2005 families	Pct. change
Ala.	41,032	20,316	-50.5%	La.	67,467	13,888	-79.4%	Ore.	29,917	20,194	-32.5%
Alaska	12,159	3,590	-70.5%	Maine	20,007	9,516	-52.4%	Pa.	186,342	97,469	-47.7%
Ariz.	62,404	41,943	-32.8%	Md.	70,665	22,530	-68.1%	Puerto Rico	49,871	14,562	-70.8%
Ark.	22,069	8,283	-62.5%	Mass.	84,700	47,950	-43.4%	R.I.	20,670	10,063	-51.3%
Calif.	880,378	453,819	-48.5%	Mich.	169,997	81,882	-51.8%	S.C.	44,060	16,234	-63.2%
Colo.	34,486	15,303	-55.6%	Minn.	57,741	27,589	-52.2%	S.D.	5,829	2,876	-50.7%
Conn.	57,326	18,685	-67.4%	Miss.	46,428	14,636	-68.5%	Tenn.	97,187	69,361	-28.6%
Del.	10,585	5,744	-45.7%	Mo.	80,123	39,715	-50.4%	Texas	243,504	77,693	-68.1%
D.C.	25,350	16,209	-36.1%	Mont.	10,114	3,947	-61.0%	Utah	14,221	8,151	-42.7%
Fla.	200,922	57,361	-71.5%	Neb.	14,435	10,016	-30.6%	Vt.	8,765	4,479	-48.9%
Ga.	123,329	35,621	-71.1%	Nev.	13,712	5,691	-58.5%	Virgin Islands	1,371	421	-69.3%
Guam	2,243	3,072	37.0%	N.H.	9,100	6,150	-32.4%	Va.	61,905	9,615	-84.5%
Hawaii	21,894	7,243	-66.9%	N.J.	101,704	42,198	-58.5%	Wash.	97,492	55,910	-42.7%
Idaho	8,607	1,870	-78.3%	N.M.	33,353	17,773	-46.7%	W.Va.	37,044	11,275	-69.6%
Ill.	220,297	38,129	-82.7%	N.Y.	418,338	139,220	-66.7%	Wis.	51,924	17,970	-65.4%
Ind.	51,437	48,213	-6.3%	N.C.	110,060	31,746	-71.2%	Wyo.	4,312	294	-93.2%
Iowa	31,579	17,215	-45.5%	N.D.	4,773	2,789	-41.6%	U.S. total	4,408,508	1,870,039	-57.6%
Kan.	23,790	17,400	-26.9%	Ohio	204,240	81,425	-60.1%
Ky.	71,264	33,691	-52.7%	Okla.	35,986	11,104	-69.1%

Source: Department of Health and Human Services

• Stimulus reverses welfare-to-work reform - Backwards typist
  • Since there are no jobs.......policies will at least temporarily. - sm
    • No one is immune, been there and done that......sm - Cyndiee
      • Normally agree...... - sm
      • For some people this is a lifestyle - GhostMom
        • It isn't like it used to be.............. - sm
          • Hopefully data will show this time...... - sm
            • dang it!....... - sm
              • Welfare Reform is a Success - sm
      • They HAVE to supplement that welfare with something..... - sm
        • A lot of it also has to do with Social Security Disability (SSDI), supposedly the dad......sm - Cyndiee
          • I'd like to know.......... - sm
            • Maybe the third time will be the charm. - Backwards typist
              • they will just say he can do other type of work - - Amanda
                • Yeah, like sit down jobs that aggravate a problem to no end. - anonymous for now.
                  • can't even MT - restrictions say he cannot sit more than 2 hours! - Amanda
              • turned down claim - Eileen
                • I have an attorney......... - sm
          • SSI/SSDI - Marmann
            • We know a guy who never worked a day in his life - Backwards typist
              • He's more than likely collecting SSI... - Marmann
              • appears as though the mental illness issue.... - sm
              • my ex-brother-in-law got SSI because he had a temper! nm - Amanda
                • Geez, ought to tell my son that. - Backwards typist
            • Yes, you have to pay in to get SSD.. - sm
              • "dam near dead to qualify for it" (sm) - Marmann

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