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Name of welfare program in US
Eligibility
How services provided

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TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
States determine eligibility
Via EBT CARDS

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Tax credit for low income and working people

Name
Eligibility
Service and how provided

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Earned Income Tax Credit

Upper limit is approximately $50,000 for a family of 4

Get tax credit and sometimes refund check for more than you paid in

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Stipend from US gov administered by SSA but is not part of the social security trust

Eligibility

How delivered

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SSI - Supplemental Security Income

For 65 yrs and older, blind, disabled

Aid is money

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Healthcare for the elderly run by the Federal gov

Components

How services delivered

Eligibility

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Medicare

Part A - hospitalization
Part B - outpatient
Part C - “advantage programs” - private companies take care of all your healthcare
Part D - medications - private

Run like insurance, pay a premium for C and D

For 65 and older who have paid in, ESRD, ALS

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Emergency hospital care for people that don’t qualify for Medicaid, often pregnant women illegally in US

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Emergency Medicaid

Get one prenatal visit and delivery, hospital gets reimbursed

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Healthcare program for low income Americans

Eligibility

How services provided

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Medicaid

Eligibility is less than or equal to 150% of poverty for CO (133% floor)

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Screening for kids as part of Medicaid

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EPSDT - Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment

Eligible: children up to 21 yrs on Medicaid

Get screening, vision, vaccinations, preventative stuff
Works like insurance

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Health insurance program for children run jointly by state and federal gov

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CHIP - Children’s Health Insurance Program

Eligibility: For children whose parents don’t qualify for Medicaid

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Welfare reform law in 1996 that changed the name from AFDC and required time limits and that people had to work/look for work to receive assistance

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PRWORA - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

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Non emergency outpatient clinic where low income adults can go for healthcare and pay what is determined that they can afford

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Community Health Center

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Law that requires a hospital to treat people in an emergency and eat the cost if they cannot collect payment

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EMTALA - Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act

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Program that replaced “food stamps”

Eligibility
Services and how provided

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SNAP - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

130% of poverty, then assets subtracted and must be less than or equal to 100%. Cannot have more than $2000 in assets

Food to be taken home and prepared purchased via an EBT card

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Food stamps during a disaster

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D-SNAP - Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Same as SNAP but eligibility criteria is changed

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Program that buys up food to stabilize prices for farmers, and gives the food to food banks

Eligibility

How services provided

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TEFAP - The Emergency Food Assistance Program

States determine eligibility requirements. Adjunctive eligibility if Medicaid or SNAP

Gov gives the food to food banks, and it gets given to food pantries and soup kitchens

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Housing for low income families that has rent below market value. Sometimes integrated with families renting at market value to avoid making ghettos.

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Public Housing

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16
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Official name of Section 8

Eligibility

How services delivered

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Housing Choice Voucher Program

Must be less than or equal to median income in county where you live

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Program for help with utility bills

Eligibility

How services delivered

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LEAP - Low income Energy Assistance Program

Eligibility is less than 150% of poverty

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Program that provides lunches to school-age children

Eligibility

Services provided and how provided

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National School Lunch Program

Free: less than or equal to 130% poverty; reduced: less than or equal to 185% poverty

(1) reimbursement for free, reduced, full; (2) 6 cents for compliance; (3) 2 cents if more than 60% of kids are free/reduced; (4) credit to purchase commodity foods; (5) bonus foods obtained directly

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Program that provides breakfast for school-age kids

Services provided and how

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School Breakfast Program

Reimbursement to school for free, reduced and full price breakfasts

20
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Part of NSLP that provides kids with snacks

Eligibility

Services provided and how

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After School Snack Program

Kids must be enrolled in the after school program, must be an enrichment program (no sports teams), must be supervised

Reimbursement to school for free, reduced and full price snacks

21
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Meals for kids during the summer

Eligibility

How services provided

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Summer Food Service Program

Kids 0-18 yrs, migrant workers, disabled

Reimbursement to program for meals provided during the summer

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Program that provides milk

Eligibility

How services provided

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Special Milk Program

Available to kids in schools that don’t have NSLP

Reimbursement to schools for half pint of skim or 1% milk (flavored ok), full reimbursement for kids that would qualify for free lunch and part reimbursement for others

23
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DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

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DoD contracts with local vendors and gets the best pricing. Schools can use their Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program money to order through DoD and take advantage of that pricing

24
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USDA program to increase kids’ consumption of fresh fruits and veg while at school

Services and how provided

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Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

$50-75 per student per year that is given to schools to purchase fresh fruits and veg. Part of a Farm to School initiative

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Team Nutrition

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Part of NSLP. Group of people that help schools comply with NSLP requirements, talk to schools about food safety, send recipes and resources

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Program that gives commodity food to the elderly

Eligibility

Service and how delivered

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CSFP - Commodity Supplemental Food Program

Eligibility is greater than or equal to 60 yrs; less than or equal to 130% poverty

Service is you get commodity foods from back of a truck once per month

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Nutrition program for women, infants, children

Eligibility

Services and how provided

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WIC - The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children

Eligible: women pregnant, 6m pp if not breastfeeding, 1 yr pp if breastfeeding; infants; children up to their 5th birthday
Less than or equal to 185% of poverty, plus adjunctive eligibility from TANF, SNAP, Medicaid

Get check for nutritious foods mandated by congress, nut education, screening and referral

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Provides meals/snacks at daycares

Eligibility

Services and how provided

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CACFP - Child and Adult Care Food Program

Eligibility same as NSLP

Provides 2 meals and 1 snack or 1 meal and 2 snacks via reimbursement to centers

29
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Only food program administered by DHHS

Eligibility

Services and how provided

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Elderly Nutrition Program

> = 60 yrs, no financial requirement

Food provided via congregate sites and home-delivered meals

30
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USDA’s program to assist the Elderly Nutrition Program

Services and how provided

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Nutrition Services Incentive Program

USDA gives bonus foods and commodity foods to congregate sites, sometimes money

31
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Program for elderly with farmers markets

Eligibility

Services provided and how provided

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Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

Eligibility is 60 years or older and less than or equal to 185% of poverty

Get voucher $20-50 for fresh, locally grown fruit, veg, herbs, honey

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WIC’s program with farmers markets

Eligibility

Services and how provided

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WIC Farmers Market Program

Same eligibility as WIC

Locally grown fruits, veg, edible herbs, nutrition education (not given), provided via vouchers max $30 per year

Not in all states because no funding

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Feeding America

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Largest food bank. Provides foods to food pantries and soup kitchens

34
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Food pantry

A

Gives people food to take home and eat

35
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Soup kitchen

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Provides on-site meals to people

36
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Education program run by DHHS

Eligibility

Services and how provided

A

Headstart

Kids 0-5 yrs with income requirement of less than 100% of poverty, kids in emergency situations and kids with disabilities regardless of income.

Services are education, well checks, eye and hearing exams, nutrition

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