Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions -- The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling Volume II, Technical Papers (1991) / Chapter Skim
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provide additional information about the March CPS. DATA NEEDS FOR MODELING INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS Programs to provide cash and in-kind benefits for income maintenance in the United States are of a bewildering variety and complexity.
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Finally, the federal government has been giving more and more attention to linking cash support programs with other kinds of programs to encourage attachment to the labor force and to reinforce family responsibilities. For example, the 1988 Family Support Act mandated job training and employment programs for AFDC recipients, provided for transitional Medicaid and day care benefits for recipients who seek employment, and strengthened the Child Support Enforcement Program for obtaining income support from noncustodial parents.
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For example, an AFDC unit in a three-generation household could exclude the grandparents, a stepparent, and other adults such as siblings of the parent, unless any of these people were determined to be caretakers who were "essential to the well-being of a recipient." The food stamp program has more inclusive eligibility rules, but some recipient units are still smaller than a household. For example, workers on strike, undocumented aliens, and people who refuse to comply with the work registration requirement are ineligible.
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