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Table 15.II

Public Assistance, Service Indicators - New York City

Public Assistance recipients (thousands)

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 20021
Cases 393 444 485 526 554 535 462 405 353 308 267 235 205
Persons 860 937 1,000 1,089 1,141 1,119 1,008 880 763 676 573 497 425
     Family
   Assistance
   Program
716 771 812 873 841 851 798 700 611 562 480 413 218
     Safety Net 143 166 188 216 300 269 210 180 153 113 93 84 83
     Families
   converted to
   Safety Net
NAP2  NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP 125
Food Stamp Recipients
(thousands)
1,017 1,114 1,205 1,331 1,420 1,442 1,372 1,239 1,073 991 897 836 820
Value of Food Samples
(thousands)
$739,678 $880,933 $1,076,637 $1,164,000 $1,272,400 $1,393,200 $1,388,549 $1,258,221 $1,088,087 $959,240 $884,242 $845,062 $864,661
Subsidized Child Care
Enrollment
57,551 57,933 59,075 62,114 64,687 65,033 66,726 75,166 81,323 77,152 73,905 78,701 78,690
1 Data beyond 2002 is not available
2Not applicable
Source:
Citizen Budget Commission. Agency Indicators. Social Services. Department of Social Service. Public Assistance Service Indicators.

 

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