Table 1

Social spending on children and families, by spending category

SpendingSource
Income Security  
 TANF cash assistance TANF Expenditure Reports 
 Other cash assistance and social services SLGF and TANF Expenditure Reports 
 SNAP Characteristics of SNAP Households Recipients Reports 
 Social Security Urban Institute estimates using data from the Social Security Bulletin Annual Statistical Supplement 
 Federal SSI Urban Institute estimates using data from the Social Security Bulletin Annual Statistical Supplement and SSI Annual Statistics Report 
 Federal EITC IRS SOI Tax Statistics Historic Tables 
 Child Tax Credit IRS SOI Tax Statistics Historic Tables 
 Additional Tax Credit IRS SOI Tax Statistics Historic Tables 
 State EITC Urban Institute estimates using data from the Rockefeller Institute of Government and the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research National Welfare Database 
 Unemployment compensation SLGF 
 Workers compensation SLGF 
Health  
 Children's Medicaid (<21) and CHIP Urban Institute estimates using data from RAND, MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission), and Rockefeller Institute of Government 
 Public health SLGF 
 Residual health spending SLGF 
Housing and Community Development SLGF 
SpendingSource
Income Security  
 TANF cash assistance TANF Expenditure Reports 
 Other cash assistance and social services SLGF and TANF Expenditure Reports 
 SNAP Characteristics of SNAP Households Recipients Reports 
 Social Security Urban Institute estimates using data from the Social Security Bulletin Annual Statistical Supplement 
 Federal SSI Urban Institute estimates using data from the Social Security Bulletin Annual Statistical Supplement and SSI Annual Statistics Report 
 Federal EITC IRS SOI Tax Statistics Historic Tables 
 Child Tax Credit IRS SOI Tax Statistics Historic Tables 
 Additional Tax Credit IRS SOI Tax Statistics Historic Tables 
 State EITC Urban Institute estimates using data from the Rockefeller Institute of Government and the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research National Welfare Database 
 Unemployment compensation SLGF 
 Workers compensation SLGF 
Health  
 Children's Medicaid (<21) and CHIP Urban Institute estimates using data from RAND, MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission), and Rockefeller Institute of Government 
 Public health SLGF 
 Residual health spending SLGF 
Housing and Community Development SLGF 

Notes: TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. SLGF = State and Local Government Finance. SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SSI = Supplemental Security Income. EITC = Earned Income Tax Credit. SOI = Statistics of Income. CHIP = Children's Health Insurance Program.

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