South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study: Transitions in Food Stamp and TANF Participation and Employment Among Families With Children
By David C. Ribar, Marilyn Edelhoch, and Qiduan Liu. ERS project representative: Elizabeth Dagata
Contractor and Cooperator Report No. (CCR-17) 62 pp,
April 2006
People who receive public assistance confront a number of "clocks" that may affect program participation. Examples of clocks include time limits on receiving benefits and recurring deadlines for reconfirming eligibility. This study examines the role of program clocks, economic conditions, and other circumstances on participation in South Carolina's cash and food assistance programs. Families in South Carolina's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program are restricted to 2 years of benefits in any 10-year period. Caseworkers set intervals between redetermining TANF eligibility but cannot make them longer than a year. Families in the State's Food Stamp Program (FSP) are required to recertify their eligibility at regular intervals. The study shows that South Carolina's 2-year time limit hastens exits from and reduces returns to the TANF program and that the State's policy of quarterly recertifications hastened exits from the FSP. In addition, annual redeterminations may contribute to TANF exits. Finding employment speeds exits from the FSP and cash assistance and delays returns to the programs. Cash assistance participation may lead to longer spells of receiving food stamps.
This study was conducted by The George Washington University and the South Carolina Department of Social Services under a cooperative agreement with the Economic Research Service. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ERS or USDA.
Keywords: Food Stamp Program, FSP, food assistance, employment, recertification, time limits, caseloads, food assistance eligibility, South Carolina, TANF, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, FANRP, ERS, USDA
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- Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, and Summary, 194 kb
- Introduction, 73 kb
- Public Assistance in South Carolina, 161 kb
- Review of Caseload Research, 97 kb
- Analysis Data, 80 kb
- Descriptive Analysis of Spell Data, 201 kb
- Econometric Specification, 96 kb
- Estimation Results, 286 kb
- Conclusion, 102 kb
- References, 111 kb
- Appendix A: Means of Analysis Variables, 88 kb
- Entire Document, 1,144 kb
- For more information on the South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study, see the following report:
South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study Transitions in Food Stamp Participation and Employment Among Adult-Only Households.
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Updated date: April 3, 2006
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