To date, the Estimating Conference has not expanded its purview to include forecasting demand or costs other than those formerly associated with the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. The new estimate calls for a continuation of the decrease experienced over the last five or six years. Cases are estimated to average about 63,200 during the 2000-2001 fiscal year, less than a third of the level experienced during the early part of the decade.
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