Delaware had a 28% increase
in TANF expenditures over the last five years, Delaware households had a 275%
increase in annual SNAP costs since 2007, and the State saw a 52% increase in
food costs for WIC from 2007-2011. The
conservative five year cost of family fragmentation of TANF, SNAP and WIC for
Delaware is $274,503,597.26.
District of Columbia had a 31% increase
in food costs for WIC from 2007-2011.
Florida has seen a 7%
increase with TANF, a massive 368% increase in SNAP expenditures, and a 22%
increase in WIC in the past five years.
The conservative five year cost of family fragmentation of TANF, SNAP
and WIC for Florida is $6,094,706,072.67.
Georgia had a 19% increase
in TANF expense benefits over the last five years, Georgia households had a
257% increase in annual SNAP costs since 2007, and the State saw a 53% increase
in food costs for WIC from 2007-2011. The
conservative five year cost of family fragmentation in TANF, SNAP and WIC for
Georgia is $4,003,156,030.87.
Hawaii held the line on
TANF costs with a .3% decrease in TANF expenditures, but households had a 264%
increase in annual SNAP costs; while the State saw an 8% increase in food costs
for WIC. The conservative five year cost
of family fragmentation of TANF, SNAP and WIC for Hawaii is $649,641,359.91.
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.” To subscribe to Regent Law Review see http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/student_life/studentorgs/lawreview/subscriptions.cfm.
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