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Green Book

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: The Green book provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation. Designed as background material and data on programs within the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Ways and Means. Also includes links for the Blue Book , containing a general overview of current provisions for U.S. trade laws and a compilation of the actual text of these laws, as amended.

Also see the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance CFDA and HHS Office of Human Services Policy Indicators & Databases for the following data:

  • Archive of AFDC Data, 1967-2000
  • Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections, 2004-
  • Indicators of Welfare Dependence, Annual Report to Congress, 1997-
  • Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy
  • Trends in the Well-Being of America’s Children and Youth, 1996-
Interpretive information is available from the census report: The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005

Coverage: 1995 to present

Subject(s):
Business, Economics & Industry
Government Documents
Health, Medicine & Psychology
Publicly Available Resources
Social Sciences

Related DatabasesOn-Site Access Only
GPO Monthly Catalog

Related Links
GPO Access
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Other Related Links:
Browsable Edition of the Green Book
Federal Agency Data Sites
State Agency Data Sites

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