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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Budget. – 1983
In this report of a hearing on the effects on children and youth of President Reagan's proposed budget cuts of means-tested entitlement programs, Linda S. McMahon, Associate Commissioner of the Office of Family Assistance, and Robert E. Leard, Acting Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the Department of Agriculture, present the…
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedWiecha, Jean L.; Palombo, Ruth – American Journal of Public Health, 1989
Boston food costs exceed the combined value of government cash and food assistance benefits that households whose sole income is Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) may receive. This contradicts findings by the General Accounting Office. Food stamps and AFDC benefits indexed to the actual costs of living are needed. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Cost Indexes, Family Programs, Federal Programs
