California had a 13% increase in TANF expenditures over the last five years, their households had a 252% increase in annual SNAP costs since 2007, and the State saw a 50% increase in food costs for WIC from 2007-2011. The conservative five year cost of family fragmentation of TANF, SNAP and WIC for California is $12,669,541,320.16
Colorado from 2007-2011 saw a 66% increase in TANF expenditures, a 246% increase in annual SNAP household costs, and a 41% increase in food costs for WIC. The conservative five year cost of family fragmentation of TANF, SNAP and WIC for Colorado is $1,133,296,983.28.
Connecticut saw only a 4% increase in TANF expenditures over the last five years, state households had a 256% increase in annual SNAP costs since 2007, but the State saw only a 7% increase in food costs for WIC from 2007-2011. The conservative five year cost of family fragmentation for TANF, SNAP and WIC for Connecticut is $1,130,066,218.18.
To read the entire article examining the costs of family fragmentation for each state, see the forthcoming issue of Regent Law Review, and the article by Rachel K. Toberty and Lynne Marie Kohm, entitled, “A 50 State Survey of the Costs of Family Fragmentation.”
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