https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c en-us 2017-10-31 12:59:18 UTC 2017-10-31 13:11:51 UTC hello@padlet.com rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202107477 "While Social Security lifted the largest number of people overall out of poverty, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) lifted the largest number of children."]]> 2017-10-31 13:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202107477 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202107772 "Together, the EITC and Child Tax Credit (CTC) lifted 9.4 million people — including nearly 5 million children — out of poverty in 2011."]]> 2017-10-31 13:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202107772 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202108210 Medicaid is a program that "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."]]> 2017-10-31 13:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202108210 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202108704 I don't really know anyone personally who requires a lot of medical attention, but a poor family with a child who has a chronic disease would benefit immensely from this program.]]> 2017-10-31 13:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202108704 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202109493 SNAP stands for "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program."]]> 2017-10-31 13:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202109493 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202109825 "Programs like SNAP (food stamps), the EITC and CTC, and Medicaid support millions of low-income working families and help promote work.  Among families with children that receive SNAP in a given month and include an adult who isn’t elderly or disabled, 87 percent worked in the prior year or will work the following year."]]> 2017-10-31 13:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202109825 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202110741 My friend's family lives paycheck to paycheck, due the incredible debts from his dad's student loans. With food stamps, a very important part of life is taken care of, which reduces the stress of living in poverty and lets them focus on other important things, like paying off their debts.]]> 2017-10-31 13:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202110741 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202111638 With these programs, families can become more financially stable, which is a key part of rising out of poverty.]]> 2017-10-31 13:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/qw5o7zkizj4c/wish/202111638