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| Means Test/ed | an income qualification that determines whether one is eligible for benefits under government programs. Example: programs such as social security or Medicare are NOT this, but programs such as Medicaid and food stamps ARE this |
| Social Security Act (1935) | This act established 2 main programs, an insurance program and an assistance program. It doesn’t just help the elderly, it helps the children, the poor, the blind, and the unemployed, no matter their income status |
| Medicare | - federal government pays for part of the cost of hospital care for retired or disabled people covered by Social Security. Paid for by payroll taxes on employees and employers. No means test. |
| Medicaid | pays medical expenses of persons receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments |
| Food Stamps | vouchers, given to people whose income is below a certain level, that can be used to buy food at grocery stores. Paid for out of general federal revenues. Means test |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) | this was a program enacted in 1935, to help women and children that lost husband/fathers in the war. People thought at first this program would die down after they got these women "back on track", but after thirty years people had begun to get a different opinion about it and thought that it was just a waste of money and women took it for granted. The same people thought that it promoted single-parent families, out-of-wedlock births, and creating social dependency. It was later replaced with TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) |
| Earned Income Tax Credit | a provision of a 1975 tax law that entitles working families with children to receive money from the government if their total income falls below a certain level |
| Welfare Reform Act (1996) | this act is known for personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation. The main program it established was Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) |
| Insurance Program | a self-financing government program based on contributions that provide benefits to unemployed or retired persons |
| Assitance Program | a government program financed by general income taxes that provides benefits to poor citizens without requiring contributions from them |
| Service Strategy | a policy of providing poor people with education and job training to help lift them out of poverty |
| Income Strategy | a policy of giving poor people money to help lift them out of poverty |
| Temporary Assitance for Needy Families (TANF) | )- payments to needy families with children. Replaced the old AFDC program. Partially paid for by block grants from the federal government to the states. Means test |
