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Direct Assistance to Individuals

Date: 
February 17, 2009
Who: 
Policy Area: 
Economic Target: 
Action Type: 
Maximum Amount: 
$134.00 billion
Amount Spent: 
$128.56 billion
Deficit Impact: 
$134.00 billion

Provisions are part of the $787 billion “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” a set of policies designed to mitigate the effects of the economic crisis. The act contains significant spending for direct worker assistance, infrastructure, healthcare, education, aid to states, and other areas, and tax breaks for individuals and corporations.

 

Direct Assistance to Individuals: Food Stamps, Unemployment, and Other Programs (in millions of dollars)

                       
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2009-2019
Food Stamps^ 4,812 11,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 9,000 0 0 0 0 0 54,000
Unemployment Compensation* 27,000 31,000 470 295 140 135 140 145 150 155 160 60,000
Economic Recovery Payments,
TANF, and Child Support
14,942 2,125 713 187 49 14 4 1 0 0 0 18,033
Assistance for Unemployed
Workers and Struggling Families
44 261 186 263 225 139 81 -34 -65 -105 -115 879
Totals 46,796 44,386 11,369 10,745 10,855 9,288 225 112 85 50 45 133,956
Notes: 

Deficit impact is CBO's estimate of deficit impact for 2009-2019. Amount spent as of 11/3/2012.

*In the Budget and Economic Update in August 2009 (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/105xx/doc10521/08-25-BudgetUpdate.pdf), CBO estimated that an additional $7 billion would be made available for unemployment compensation, increasing the maximum amount for Direct Assistance. In the January 2010 baseline (http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/01-26-Outlook.pdf), CBO estimated that an additional $21 billion would be made available for uemployment compensation.

^In the January 2010 baseline (http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/01-26-Outlook.pdf), CBO estimated that an additional $34 billion would be made available for food stamps, reflecting the lower projections of inflation in the economic outlook.

 

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