https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2017-02-12 00:41:39 UTC 2025-11-16 19:10:36 UTC hello@padlet.com khayla_slemp413 https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245501  explain how different government programs can contribute to an individual's financial stability.   Then, choose one program that could impactyour financial situation or the situation of some you know personally]]> 2017-02-12 00:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245501 khayla_slemp413 https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245518  Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) lifted the largest number of children. Together, the EITC and Child Tax Credit (CTC) lifted 9.4 million people — including nearly 5 million children — out of poverty in 2011 ]]> 2017-02-12 00:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245518 khayla_slemp413 https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245528  Medicaid provided access to affordable health care to 66 million Americans in 2010. Because of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), children are far less likely to be uninsured than adults. (For more on this issue, see “Assistance Programs Reduce Poverty and Number of Uninsured,” below.) ]]> 2017-02-12 00:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245528 khayla_slemp413 https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245536  Programs like SNAP (food stamps), the EITC and CTC, and Medicaid support millions of low-income working families and help promote work. Thirty years ago, Medicaid and SNAP largely served families that receive public assistance and were not working. In addition, the EITC was tiny: for a full-time, minimum-wage worker, the EITC only offset the employee share of his or her payroll taxes, and millions of low-wage families were taxed into, or deeper into, poverty ]]> 2017-02-12 00:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245536 khayla_slemp413 https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245544 Im on my dads insurance until I am 27 but if it stopped when I was 18 then I would be in trouble. I have to get my heart checked every year to make sure that it's still working. This type of appointment cost over 1000 dollars. I also have to take certain medication to keep my blood pressure low, so my heart doesn't explode (literally). If I couldnt get free health care and my parents couldnt help me, I could die because I couldn't afford it. ]]> 2017-02-12 00:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/khayla_slemp413/j3izdbykjba5/wish/153245544