Commentary: Cato Gets It Very Wrong: The Safety Net Supports, Rather Than Discourages, Work
End Notes
[1] Dottie Rosenbaum, “The Facts on SNAP, Part 2: SNAP Supports Work,” Off the Charts, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 9, 2013, http://www.offthechartsblog.org/the-facts-on-snap-part-2-snap-supports-work/.
[2] Mark Strayer, Esa Eslami, and Joshua Leftin, “Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2011,” United States Department of Agriculture, November 2012, http://www.fns.usda.gov/ora/MENU/Published/snap/FILES/Participation/2011Characteristics.pdf.
[3] Patty Connor, Susan Bartlett, Michele Mendelson, Kelly Lawrence, Katerine Wen, et al., “WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2010,” United States Department of Agriculture, December 2011, http://www.fns.usda.gov/Ora/menu/Published/WIC/FILES/WICPC2010.pdf.
[4] Karen E. Cunnyngham, “Reaching Those In Need: State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Participation Rates in 2010,” United States Department of Agriculture, December 2012, http://www.fns.usda.gov/ora/menu/Published/snap/FILES/Participation/Reaching2010.pdf.
[5] LaDonna Pavetti, Ife Finch, and Liz Schott, “TANF Emerging from the Downturn a Weaker Safety Net,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 1, 2013, https://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3915.
[6] “Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Twelfth Report to Congress,” US Department of Health and Human Services, http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/13/Indicators/rpt.pdf.
[7] “TANF Ninth Report to Congress,” US Department of Health and Human Services, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ofa/ar9appendix.pdf.
[8] Arloc Sherman, “The Safety Net: Supporting Working Families and Promoting Work,” Off the Charts, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, July 31, 2013, http://www.offthechartsblog.org/the-safety-net-supporting-working-families-and-promoting-work/; Danilo Trisi, “New Research Shows SNAP, Facing Big Cuts in the House, Reduces Extreme Poverty,” Off the Charts, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 17, 2013, http://www.offthechartsblog.org/new-research-shows-snap-facing-big-cuts-in-the-house-reduces-extreme-poverty/.