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ACRONYMS
| ABAWD |
Able-bodied adults without dependents |
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| ABC |
A Better Chance (Delaware) |
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| ACF |
Administration for Children and Families (USDHHS) |
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| ADC |
Aid to Dependent Children |
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| AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
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| AFDC-UP |
AFDC Unemployed Parent |
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| AWWDP |
Arkansas Welfare Waiver Demonstration Project |
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| BPI |
Behavioral Problems Index |
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| CEA |
Council of Economic Advisors |
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| COS |
Child Outcome Study (NEWWS) |
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| CPS |
Current Population Survey |
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| CWEP |
Community Work Experience Programs |
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| CWPDP |
California Work Pays Demonstration Project |
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| DEFRA |
Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 |
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| DoD |
difference-of-differences |
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| DoDoD |
difference-of-difference-of-differences |
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| EITC |
Earned Income Tax Credit |
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| EMPOWER |
Employing and Moving People Off Welfare and Encouraging Responsibility (Arizona) |
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| FDP |
Family Development Program (New Jersey) |
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| FIP |
Family Investment Program (Iowa) |
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| FNS |
Food and Nutrition Service |
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| FPL |
Federal poverty line |
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| FSA |
Family Support Act of 1988 |
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| FSP |
Food Stamp Program |
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| FTP |
Family Transition Program (Florida) |
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| GAIN |
Greater Avenues for Independence (California) |
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| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
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| GED |
General Educational Development (high-school equivalency certificate) |
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| HCD |
Human Capital Development |
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| HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration (now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) |
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| IA |
Income Assistance (Canada) |
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| IDA |
individual development account |
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| IMPACT |
Indiana Manpower Placement and Comprehensive Training Program |
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| JOBS |
Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program |
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| LEAP |
Learning, Earning and Parenting (program) (Ohio) |
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| LFA |
Labor Force Attachment |
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| MDRC |
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation |
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| MFIP |
Minnesota Family Investment Program |
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| MFIP-IO |
MFIP Incentives Only |
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| NEWWS |
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies |
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| NLSY |
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
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| NSAF |
National Survey of America’s Families |
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| NSLP |
National School Lunch Program |
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| OBRA |
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 |
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| PIP |
Preschool Immunization Project (Georgia) |
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| PPI |
Primary Prevention Initiative (Maryland) |
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| PPVT-R |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised |
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| PRWORA |
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act |
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| PSID |
Panel Study of Income Dynamics |
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| SCHIP |
State Children’s Health Insurance Program |
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| SIPP |
Survey of Income and Program Participation |
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| SPD |
Survey of Program Dynamics |
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| SSP |
Self-Sufficiency Project (Canada) |
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| TANF |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
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| TMA |
Transitional Medical Assistance |
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| TSMF |
To Strengthen Michigan Families |
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| UI |
Unemployment Insurance |
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| USBLS |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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| USDHHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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| VIEW |
Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare |
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| VIP/VIEW |
Virginia Independence Program/Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare |
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| WIC |
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children |
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| WIN |
Work Incentive program |
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| WRP |
Welfare Restructuring Project (Vermont) |
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| WRP-IO |
WRP Incentives Only |
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