Dire State of America's Children

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-- TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families), replacing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in 1997; benefits today, in fact, cover only 58% of what they did when the program began;

-- Medicaid;

-- CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program);

-- the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant;

-- WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children);

-- SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program);

-- the National School Lunch Program;

-- Early Head Start and Head Start (providing comprehensive education, health, nutrition and parent involvement services to low income children and families);

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