poverty programs by

1935-social security act

anton345 — 2025-06-17 16:54:15 UTC

social security is a program that provided the elderly and unemployed money to cover there needs it also provided aid to dependent children 69 million Americans have social security

1940-workmens comp

anton345 — 2025-06-17 16:59:13 UTC

workmen's comp provides workers with aid when they become disabled and can no longer work workmen's comp is mandatory except in Texas in Texas worker decide to have workmen's comp and they pay insurance if they do

1944-gi bill

anton345 — 2025-06-17 17:03:00 UTC

this provides vets with education and housing benefits this will cover people housing when they are stationed somewhere it will also pay for college

1946-national school lunch program

anton345 — 2025-06-17 17:05:37 UTC

this provides lunch for children who come from poor homes 60 percent of all school children in America use this

1965-medicare - medicate

anton345 — 2025-06-17 17:09:39 UTC

Medicare is health insurance for the elderly and disabled Medicaid is health insurance for low income Americans over 90 million people in the USA use Medicaid

1965- food stamp act

anton345 — 2025-06-17 17:11:55 UTC

the government provides low income people with money to buy food grocery stores and other business are expected allow people to use them over 41 million people use food stamps in the USA

1972-ssi

anton345 — 2025-06-17 17:14:24 UTC

ssi provides the elderly and disabled with extra income if they need it over 7.4 million people use ssi in the USA

1977-section 8 housing

anton345 — 2025-06-17 17:16:50 UTC

section housing provides homeless people or low income people with a place to live they can pay 0 rent or a very low rent that is estimated to how much money they make over 2.3 million people use this in the USA