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 >>States vary considerably in how they apply these general criteria. For example, some states do not cover part-time workers unless they are willing to take a full-time job, while other states allow these workers to qualify even if they are seeking another
Continue reading >>The basic UI system is funded by taxes that employers pay on behalf of their employees. While technically employers pay both the federal and state taxes, economists generally regard the tax as falling on workers on the theory that the dollars employers p
Continue reading >>Workers receive unemployment benefits from the state where they were employed, even if they reside in a different state.
Continue reading >>The federal-state unemployment insurance system (UI) helps many people who have lost their jobs by temporarily replacing part of their wages while they look for work.
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