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| The table below shows the percentage change in federal monies for the | ||||
| Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) between 1993 and 1999, | ||||
| and the child poverty rate. | ||||
| Please see notes below for further explanation and sources. | ||||
| States | % Change in TANF, 1993-1999* | % Child Poverty, 1999** | ||
| United States | -21.9% | 18.6% | ||
| Alabama | -25.8% | 24.6 | ||
| Alaska | -23.1% | 9.9 | ||
| Arizona | -30.5% | 22.7 | ||
| Arkansas | -31.4% | 20.8 | ||
| California | -11.5% | 23.1 | ||
| Colorado | -64.3% | 11.7 | ||
| Connecticut | 5.9% | 10.5 | ||
| Delaware | 11.0% | 16.6 | ||
| D.C. | -13.7% | 36.4 | ||
| Florida | -12.2% | 20.5 | ||
| Georgia | -30.8% | 22.8 | ||
| Hawaii | 5.0% | 16.4 | ||
| Idaho | -35.3% | 21.1 | ||
| Illinois | 6.1% | 15.2 | ||
| Indiana | -20.0% | 11.0 | ||
| Iowa | -12.3% | 12.5 | ||
| Kansas | 35.8% | 14.7 | ||
| Kentucky | -29.2% | 19.8 | ||
| Louisiana | -54.8% | 26.5 | ||
| Maine | -37.9% | 15.4 | ||
| Maryland | -16.3% | 9.2 | ||
| Massachusetts | -9.6% | 17.9 | ||
| Michigan | -21.3% | 14.9 | ||
| Minnesota | -47.4% | 13.3 | ||
| Mississippi | -74.3% | 22.1 | ||
| Missouri | -3.4% | 17.4 | ||
| Montana | -48.3% | 21.4 | ||
| Nebraska | -13.1% | 13.3 | ||
| Nevada | -5.3% | 16.1 | ||
| New Hampshire | -29.5% | 12.2 | ||
| New Jersey | -56.4% | 12.3 | ||
| New Mexico | -7.6% | 28.8 | ||
| New York | -24.9% | 24.0 | ||
| North Carolina | -22.2% | 18.9 | ||
| North Dakota | -12.3% | 19.7 | ||
| Ohio | -49.1% | 17.1 | ||
| Oklahoma | -41.6% | 18.2 | ||
| Oregon | -9.4% | 18.6 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 5.2% | 16.1 | ||
| Rhode Island | 17.9% | 18.7 | ||
| South Carolina | -45.9% | 18.5 | ||
| South Dakota | -34.6% | 12.6 | ||
| Tennessee | -18.0% | 18.5 | ||
| Texas | -43.4% | 22.6 | ||
| Utah | -35.4% | 11.1 | ||
| Vermont | -17.2% | 13.3 | ||
| Virginia | -4.6% | 12.8 | ||
| Washington | -43.2% | 12.1 | ||
| West Virginia | -75.9% | 24.2 | ||
| Wisconsin | -38.3% | 12.0 | ||
| Wyoming | -99.1% | 15.5 | ||
| *Percent change in real terms from 1993-1999.Ý In 1993, the program was Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). | ||||
| Ý It was replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).Ý Source: Federal Aid to States. | ||||
| **Based on the average of 1997-1999.Ý The percentage for children living in poverty in the entire US for 1999 is 16.9%.Ý | ||||
| Source:Ý Current Population Survey. | ||||
| FYI:Ý According to a recent study by the National Center for Children in Poverty, state welfare caseloads | ||||
| have declined by 47% between 1993 and 1998, but child poverty has only declined by 17%. | ||||