Monday, June 22, 2009

Oregon Welfare and Food Stamp Cases UP 27% in Last Year.

WSJ national story on welfare caseloads is HERE.

DHS TANF/Welfare Caseload report is HERE.
DHS Food stamp Caseload report is HERE

Table I created below shows that rate of increase for both Welfare and Food Stamps from May 2008-May 2009 was 27.2%, but numerical increase in Food Stamp households was more than TEN times higher than Welfare households.


Food Stamps Welfare
May-08 245,935 21,019
May-09 312,751 26,736
# Increase 66,816 5,717
% Increase 27.2% 27.2%

ORIGINALLY CREATED AND POSTED ON THE OREGON HOUSING BLOG.

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