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Acs, Gregory, 7, 15, 130 Administrative coordination, 165 AFDC. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children Agriculture, U.S. Department of, 8, 41, 55 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 51–52, 53 Alabama, 96, 184–85. See also entries at States Asset limits for food stamp eligibility, 43 Automobile ownership, 43 Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 49 Barring, 81 Basic family budgets, 107–10, 189–91 Beam, David, 70 Behavior, regulation of, 66, 73–76 Benefit estimates. See State-level benefit estimates Bernstein, Jared, 11 Blackorby, Charles, 73 Blank, Rebecca, 10 Bowman, Karlyn H., 20 Breadwinners, primary and secondary, 193–94 Breakfast programs. See School meals programs Broaddus, Matthew, 50 Budget constraints: conclusions on, 163; and program design, 65; and program participation, 135; and reforms, 169–70; and standards for eligibility and benefits, 77, 78–79; and work support generosity, 99 Budgets, family, 107–10, 189–91 Burden of proof for eligibility, 68–69 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 8–9 Burtless, Gary, 11 Bush (G. H. W.) presidency, 16 Bush (G. W.) presidency, 17 Capped grants, 70 Carnevale, Anthony, 7, 12 Cash assistance. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Welfare Cash equivalence, 95 Categorical formula grants, 70–71 CCDBG. See Child Care and Development Block Grant CCDF. See Child Care and Development Fund Census Bureau, U.S., 8, 9 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 40 205 Index 14-8191-1 Index 11/2/05 4:24 PM Page 205 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), 53 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), 53–55 Child care expenses, in family budgets, 189–91 Child care grants: overview, 53–55; and budget constraints, 135; estimation of, 184–85; increase under PRWORA, 17; net cost of, 190–91; participation rates, 133, 146–47; as policy tools, 67; program characteristics , 77; state averages and variations, 92; and state generosity, 93–94; third-party payments, 29; and threshold index, 152 Children: Medicaid coverage, extended, 48–49; program participation rates and presence of, 135–38, 140–42, 148; “qualifying child” under EITC, 36; as requirement for benefits, 80, 82 Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), 49–50, 63, 152. See also Medical assistance programs Child support system, 30–31 Child tax credit, 35, 38–39 CHIP. See Children’s Health Insurance Program Choice, 60, 72–73 Clinton presidency, 16–17, 35–36 Coercion, 68–69, 75 Coherence, 166, 167 Colorado, 185. See also entries at States Community service, 59 Compartmentalization, 168 Compliance and social regulation, 75 Congressional Budget Office, 37 Conlan, Timothy, 70 Connecticut, 96, 117. See also entries at States Consistency, 166 Consumer Price Index (CPI), 8. See also CPI-U-XI index Coordination, 165, 168 Copayments for child care, 55 Cost control: and federalism as constraint , 169; and gaps in medical assistance, 82–83; for rental assistance entitlement, 177; and standards for eligibility and benefits, 79 Cost limitations and in-kind services, 73 Cost-of-living adjustments and differences : and antipoverty effectiveness, 164–65; family budget adjustments and self-sufficiency ratios, 107–10; housing cost adjustments, 104–07, 177; and self-sufficiency standards, 102–03; and standards for eligibility and benefits, 77–78; and state policy decisions, 162. See also Consumer Price Index (CPI); CPI-U-XI index Costs of economic regulation, 76 CPI. See Consumer Price Index CPI-U-XI index, 8–9 CPS. See Current Population Survey Current Population Survey (CPS) 2002 March supplement, 129–30, 131, 145–46, 187, 192 Currie, Janet, 95 Deeming, 81 Dependency, 4–6, 13, 113 Deserving vs. undeserving poor, 19–22 Design of programs: overview, 64–66; effectiveness limitations, 168; policy tools, 64–65, 66–77; standards for eligibility and benefits, 77–79; welfare system, influence of, 79–82, 83 Devolution policy trend, 2–3, 156 Dickert-Conlin, Stacy, 174 Direct government action, 68–70, 72 Discretionary policy decisions: and living costs, 155–56; and robustness or coherence, 167; and state generosity, 93–94, 105–07, 123–26, 162; trends in 1990s, 17 206 Index 14-8191-1 Index 11/2/05 4:24 PM Page 206 [44.213.99.37] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 13:21 GMT) Displaced tenants, 58 District of Columbia, 110, 149–50. See also entries at States Donaldson, David, 73 Earned income, 91, 117–21, 182 Earned income disregards, 93–94, 126 Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): adjustments to eligibility and benefits , 78; administration of, 38; average benefits, half-time vs. fulltime work, 115–17; benefit increase in...