Families with children under the age of 18 are eligible for cash benefits, which New York calls welfare or temporary family assistance. A family's gross income must be less than 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for a family of that size. Fami
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Public aid includes food stamps, reduced housing costs, free and reduced meals for school children, medical assistance, aid for victims of natural disasters and aid to foreign countries for a variety of issues, including health care, war and poverty.
Continue reading >>The SSI program makes payments to people with low income who are age 65 or older or are blind or have a disability.
Continue reading >>The U.S. social welfare structure has been shaped both by long standing traditions and by changing economic and social conditions.
Continue reading >>Choosing the right health coverage has never been easy, and the health reform law has made things more complicated—especially for those choosing among plans provided by their employer.
Continue reading >>On January 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered a State of the Union address to Congress in which he declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.”
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