| A | B |
|---|
| A test that determines incomes to be below a certain level. | Means test |
| Only eligible for people whose incomes are lower than a certain level. | Means tested |
| It created both an insurance program, Social Security, and an assistance program, welfare. | Social Security Act (1935) |
| The federal government pays for part of the medical costs for retired or disabled people under Social Security. | Medicare |
| A means tested program that pays medical expenses of persons in welfare. | Medicaid |
| Coupons that can be used to buy food for people whose income falls below a certain level. | Food Stamps |
| A part of the Social Security Act of 1935, it allowed the federal government to define "need" because it was aiding state programs that helped children without fathers. | Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
| A cash grant to poor working parents. | Earned Income Tax Credit |
| It put a time limit on welfare payments, stricter work requirements, and greater flexibility for states in designing their programs. | Welfare Reform Law (1996) |
| A program for the unemployed and the elderly which workers donate to in case they become elderly or unemployed. | insurance program |
| A program for the blind, dependent children, and the aged that is funded by federal taxes but supplied by the states. | assistance program |
| The view that the government should provide job training and education instead of welfare to welfare recipients. | service strategy |
| The view that the government should give people money as welfare. | income strategy |
