The 2009 poverty update, with caseloads again.
Updating the latest poverty data with the latest welfare data, we see:
1. The number of single-parent families in poverty has been more than twice the number receiving TANF since 2007. This chart updates and corrects a previous one, back in the welfare thread here:
2. The number of families receiving TANF support has peaked for now. This goes three months further than the annual average above:
The peak in TANF caseloads could reflect:
- Families getting kicked off because of term limits
- States getting more strict or punitive because budgets are inadequate.
- Maybe the problems weren’t that bad after all, and the recession really did end last year.
- Or?
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