help [AFDC data]

[June Zaccone]

These data are from a quarterly report issued by the NYS Office of Tempoary and
Disability Assistance, "Local District and State Performance Measures." Office
is at 46 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12243-0001. I called them but I don't
remember how I found their tel. no. on the NYS website. They collect data on %
changes in AFDC by county, NYC, and NYS, and % earnings-related
closings--earnings being that magnificent $100 per quarter, along with other
data. They also have some data for other states. For example, if I read the
data correctly, among the 45 states reporting, Idaho had the highest rate of
child fatalities from maltreatment in 1995. Along with Oregon and Oklahoma,
their rates were well over twice that for NYS, which had the same rate as the
national average.

June Zaccone, National Jobs for All Coalition, 475 Riverside Dr., NY, NY 10027

christian a. gregory wrote:


> there was a four-part nyt times story on the affects of ny's welfare reform
> a month back or so. in the last installment, they mention that the guliani
> adminstration has refused to release #s. the most widely cited results from
> the study that has been done said that less than 30% of the folks who have
> been forced off of welfare find employment. (you only had to make $100 in
> three months to count as employed).
>
> christian