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Development of U.S. Social Security Programs
USINFO | 2013-10-23 10:41
1935Social Security Old-Age Insurance; Unemployment Insurance; and Public Assistance programs for needy aged, and blind (replaced by the SSI program in 1972); and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (replaced with block grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in 1996)
1934 Railroad Retirement System
1937 Public Housing
1939 Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
1946 National School Lunch Program
1950 Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (replaced by the SSI program in 1972)
1956 Social Security Disability Insurance
1960Medical Assistance for the Aged (replaced by Medicaid in 1965)
1964 Food Stamp Program
1965 Medicare and Medicaid Programs
1966 School Breakfast Program
1969 Black Lung Benefits Program
1972 Supplemental Security Income Program
1974 Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
1975 Earned Income Tax Credit
1981 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
1996 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
