The Food Stamp Program has undergone a number of major changes since its modern version was established in 1961. It is now one of the largest "welfare" programs and provides an income supplement to the food-purchasing power of more than 18 million persons each month, at a cost of nearly $7 billion annually. This report traces the history of the program from 1961 through 1979, with an emphasis on how program rules, philosophy, participation, and costs have changed over the years.
The Food Stamp Program has undergone a number of major changes since its modern version was established in 1961. It is now one of the largest "welfare" programs and provides an income supplement to the food-purchasing power of more than 18 million persons each month, at a cost of nearly $7 billion annually. This report traces the history of the program from 1961 through 1979, with an emphasis on how program rules, philosophy, participation, and costs have changed over the years.
This report describes how the high cost of weapons in recent years has seriously tested the country's ability to provide arms in sufficient quantities to meet defense requirements.
This report discusses the number of dentists in the U.S. and their ratio in proportion to the population as well as distribution across the U.S. Educational initiatives, funding programs, and other actions to alleviate a shortage of dentists are discussed.
This report discusses the growth of environmental policy and provides a listing of introduced legislation related to the environment in the 1st Session of the 91st Congress.
This report discusses the issue of equal employment opportunities in the construction industry and the revised Philadelphia Plan which set numerical goals for the employment of minorities and regulated enforcement of the equal employment regulations. The text of the executive order and related correspondence is included.
This report documents the F-14 fighter aircraft and costs associated with its production, a summary of Congressional actions related to the program, and issues in the contract between the Navy and Grumman Aerospace Corporation.
This report provides information about the Federal laws relating to the control of drug abuse, enacted 1961-1976 especially in the areas of health and crime control.
This report discusses legislation regarding the regulation of flammable fabric with a brief overview of the danger posed to public safety by flammable fabric.
This report discusses welfare reform provisions in H.R. 1 and provides materials discussing various opinions and analyses of the proposals published in newspapers and magazines.
This report is over the SALT I anti-ballistic missile agreement between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., implications of continuing that agreement, and SALT II negotiations.
This report discusses the functions of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) and major topics of debate regarding those functions and its funding.
This report outlines and describes how a number of U.S. states handle marijuana-related criminal offenses. This report uses charts and text to describe their statistical findings.
This report discusses the issue of unannounced forcible entry by police and laws regulating the practice both historically and in the D.C. Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.
This report describes about Oil shortages and the U.S. Armed Forces that summarizes the principal actions taken by the Department of Defense(DOD) to meet the current energy crises, particularly shortages in petroleum supplies, and the proposals pending before Congress which have a direct bearing on this problem.
This report provides an annotated bibliography of resources related to the Federal Planning-Programming-Budgeting System (PPBS) focused on its methodology and structure.
This report discusses the influx of program evaluation research, the governmental and public opinion on program evaluations, and possible ways to make the evaluations more useful.
This report was prepared by the Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy: Background and Principal Recommendations.
This report provides a summary of the provisions of H.R. 1, the welfare-social security reform bill as they were reported to the Senate Committee on Finance.
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