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 >>Higher education in the United States refers to the process of students continuing their education beyond high school, and includes a variety of institutions of higher education.
Continue reading >>Education in the United States is provided by public and private schools. Public education is universally available, with control and funding coming from state, local, and federal government.
Continue reading >>Most children start school before the age of six, when compulsory schooling usually begins, in a nursery school or a kindergarten. The maximum 13 years of formal elementary and secondary education covers education from 5 to 18, divided into increments cal
Continue reading >>The American education system is unlike that in many other countries. Education is primarily the responsibility of state and local government, and so there is little standardization in the curriculum, for example.
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