Each month the Adult and Family Services Division (AFS) of the Oregon Department of Human Resources publishes data on Oregon’s public assistance system. Welfare Data highlights some of these periodic statistics to present a clearer picture of the state’s performance   Job Placements are Down. Job placements from the JOBS Program fell in January to […]

In 1997 the Oregon State Legislature created two new tax credits aimed at providing child care relief and tax relief to the working poor: the Working Family Credit (WFC) and the Earned Income Credit (EIC). In the original legislation both credits were to take effect in the 1999-2001 biennium and both were, like the Federal

Millions of U.S. elderly could be impoverished by proposals to cut taxes, dismantle the system   On Tuesday, December 8th, President Clinton will convene a White House Conference on Social Security Reform. Social Security has been enormously successful at lifting half of the elderly out of poverty and providing benefits to 44 million Americans who

News Release As many Oregonians prepare for Thanksgiving and think about an abundance of food, a new study demonstrates that Oregon could provide Thanksgiving dinners for over 4,500 more low income Oregonians. The study, released today by the Oregon Center for Public Policy, analyzes the budgetary and economic implications of an outreach effort designed to

The Food Stamp Program provides a basic safety net for nearly a quarter million poor and near-poor Oregonians. The federal government authorized the current program in 1977 with the goal of alleviating hunger and malnutrition by subsidizing the food expenditures of low-income households. While the program is available to households with gross incomes of up