Anti Poverty Spending Surged 49 Percent in Just One Decade
Created on October 16, 2012
Federal Spending by the Numbers 2012
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* Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
By Category
Health care assistance
Food assistance
Housing assistance
Cash and other assistance
Total Anti-Poverty Spending
By Anti-Poverty Program
Medicaid grants to states
Food stamp program and administration
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Payments
Housing assistance
Support Payments to States and TANF*
Child nutrition programs
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Feeding programs (WIC and CSFP)
Other programs
Total Anti-Poverty Spending
IN BILLIONS OF INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS (2012)
Source: Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY 2013: Historical Tables, Table 11.3, at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals (accessed September 4, 2012).