Percent	Number of respondents
1. Too difficult to program computer system	81.5	27
2. Would increase workload for workers (e.g., number of contacts with client, time spent on paperwork)	48.1	27
3. Would complicate rules for workers (e.g., eligibility, benefit, and change reporting rules)	66.7	27
4. Would complicate rules for clients (e.g., eligibility, benefit, and change reporting rules)	40.7	27
5. Little or no increase in benefit amounts for clients	33.3	27
6. Very few clients would be affected by change	25.9	27
7. Would increase burden on clients (e.g., time spent applying or reporting changes, amount of paperwork)	3.7	27
8. Would not encourage clients to transition from welfare to work	7.4	27
9. Would decrease overall participation in program	0.0	27
10. Would decrease participation of working families	0.0	27
11. Would decrease participation of elderly and/or disabled	0.0	27
12. Would decrease application process timeliness (i.e., percent of applications processed within required time limits)	0.0	27
13. Would not work well with other Farm Bill options state chose to implement	22.2	27
14. Would make it more difficult to align food stamps with TANF	18.5	27
15. Would make it more difficult to align food stamps with Medicaid	11.1	27
16. Would have little or no advantage over policy rules already in place	40.7	27
17. Would increase error rate	25.9	27
18. Would raise administrative costs	18.5	27
19. Other (Please describe below.)	14.8	27