WELFARE

• 47% of Americans receive at least one form of Federal aid.

• TANF=Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Welfare)

• 3.4% of Americans receive welfare (6% of Pennsylvanians do and 2.2% of Snyder Countians)

• Average monthly welfare check in US is $366.00.

• Each child adds $80.00 to a cash assistance grant.

• Average fertility rate is 1.8

Average fertility rate of those on “welfare” is 2.9.

• Out-of-Wedlock birth rates are no higher in high-benefit states than in low ones (Mississippi has the highest out-of-wedlock birth rates, but the lowest benefits)

• 2/3 of all out-of-wedlock births are to women who are not poor

• 3/4 of welfare families have no more than 2 children. Only 1 in 10 has four or more

• Adults may receive aid for no more than 2 years. After that they must work at least 20 hours per week to continue receiving benefits.

• Only disabled Americans may receive welfare longer than 5 years during their lifetime.

• 95% of families that receive TANF are headed by women.

• 4% of families that receive TANF are headed by a single female under age 18.

• Women who were raised in welfare households are more than twice as likely to be on welfare themselves than those who were not

• 70% of welfare recipients are either illiterate or functionally illiterate.

• 39% of welfare parents are black

• 38% of welfare parents are white

• 17% of welfare parents are Hispanic

• In Snyder County, 612 house- holds receive TANF payments. Only 44 of them are 2-parent households.

• 10% of Americans collect food stamps.

• Average monthly food stamp allotment for 1 person = $81.75 ($2.72/day)

• 51.4% of those who receive food stamps are children.

• 7% of those who receive food stamps are senior citizens.

• Average length of time someone receives food stamps is 7 months. (2/3 do so less than 1 year)