Chapter 1: Intro HHS Flashcards
TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
SNAP
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
WIC
Women Infants & Children
Obamacare / Affordable Care Act
Cheaper health insurance, expanded medicade
CHIP
Children’s Health Insurance Program
EFSP
Emergency Food & Shelter Program
Residual Approach
- Conservative, Republican
- Services should ONLY be provided after all free market resources have been exhausted
- Short-term resources / services
- Services seen as a gift, not a right
Institutional Approach
- Democrat, Liberal
- Resources are provided always
- Long-term resources / services
- Services seen as an entitlement or a right.
Dependence Focus (Residual perspective)
The residual perspective thinks that services being provided too freely fosters dependence and should be discouraged.
Structural / Systemic Focus
The Institutional perspective thinks that society itself is broken and that this is just a bare necessity as a safety net for families and individuals.
DCF
Department of Child / Family Services
Section 8 Housing
A federal program that helps low-income families, the elderly, and people with disabilities pay for housing.
EBT cards / Food Stamps
Government program that helps low-income individuals pay for food
DTA
A government department that offers programs for individuals and families to help them meet their basic needs
Head Start
Free Pre-school
Medicare
Health Insurance when you are 65 years of age or older.
Medicade
Health insurance for poor people / low income people.
Social Security
Income for people 65 and older, or disabled.
