USA Law

Tag: Welfare

  • Welfare

    Welfare in the United States Note: It is also used as the nickname for the old Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, later renamed Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare is the financial assistance given by the government to […]

  • Pension

    Pension in United States Pension Definition A stated and certain allowance granted by the government to an individual, or those who represent him, for valuable services performed by him for the country. It is sometimes loosely used in the sense of annuity. In Spanish Law. Rent; a rent, White, […]

  • In-Kind Assistance Programs

    In-Kind Assistance Programs in the United States Forms of Welfare in the United States: In-Kind Assistance Programs Introduction to In-Kind Assistance Programs Most people on welfare receive more than just cash assistance. For example, many low-income families receive some form of food or […]

  • General Assistance

    General Assistance in the United States Forms of Welfare in the United States: General Assistance Introduction to General Assistance No federal cash welfare programs exist for people who are clearly able to work-single adults and couples who have no dependent children and who are not eligible […]

  • Early Welfare Programs

    Early Welfare Programs in the United States History of Welfare: Early Welfare Programs in the United States Introduction to Early Welfare Programs The American colonists essentially imported the framework of the British Poor Laws. By the early 19th century, states required that counties or […]

  • Cash Assistance Programs

    Cash Assistance Programs in the United States Forms of Welfare in the United States: Cash Assistance Programs Introduction to Cash Assistance Programs In the decades following the passage of the Social Security Act, the scope of the United States’s social welfare safety net grew, modestly at […]

  • Welfare Reform

    Welfare Feform in the United States Welfare Feform Introduction to Welfare Feform The general public and government representatives at all levels have grown increasingly critical of the U.S. welfare system during the last few decades. President Johnson’s War on Poverty failed to fully live up […]

  • Welfare Forms

    Welfare Forms in the United States Forms of Welfare in the United States Introduction to Welfare Forms The U.S. government provides welfare in a number of basic ways. Some programs distribute direct cash assistance that recipients may spend as they choose. Other programs provide specific […]

  • Welfare System

    Welfare System in the United States History of Welfare: Development of the Modern U.S. Welfare System Introduction to Welfare System The modern U.S. welfare system dates to the Great Depression of the 1930s. During the worst parts of the depression, about one-fourth of the labor force was […]