AFDC cases and unemployment rates, 1986-1998

Wisconsin AFDC/W-2 Caseloads and Unemployment Rates by County: July 1986-December 1998

Employment and Training Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The following graphs show monthly unemployment rates and AFDC caseloads for each of Wisconsin's 72 counties. Unemployment rates are presented using moving averages to adjust for seasonal fluctuations. The W-2 caseloads include only cases receiving income payments. Two AFDC programs are now funded separately through TANF and not part of Wisconsin's W-2 program -- Kinship Care support for children living with non-legally responsible relatives (formerly AFDC/NLRR), and Caretaker Supplement payments for children in cases headed by parent(s) on SSI (formerly included under AFDC). Monthly data are not available for numbers of TANF cases in Kinship Care or C-Supp and public assistance trendlines do not include these families.

The Employment and Training Institute evaluations of Wisconsin Welfare reform efforts during the period 1987-1991 have shown the strong impact of a rapidly improving labor market which accounted for most of the caseload reduction during the period 1986-1991. Additional months of data are presented for the period 1991-1998. Statistical testing has not been conducted for this most recent period, however.

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