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Is welfare benefitting its recipients?

Anonymous Interviewee

do you have children?

yes, i have three kids.

how much do you pay for your medical services?

most of the time 3 bucks, the highest like 10 bucks.

how often do you recieve food stamps every 10th of the month,depends what number your social security card ends in.

What do you get from welfare?

What the amount that you recieve for food stamps?

why have you sold your food stamps?

does this affect you in anyway,shape or form?

yes because towards the end of the month i'll be short that money

can you give me an example?

I'll sell them $100 worth of food stamps for $50.

how do you sell your food stamps?

first, it has to be someone that i really trust, i wont give my pin number to just anyone. so i sell them an amount for have the price.

for an emergency, like cash for diapers, rent or other emergency.

have you ever sold your food stamps?

yes.

$700

Do you work? if so how many hours?

yes,23 hrs.

Reason for you in applying for dood stamps?

I was homeless, living with my mother and had no income

how long have you been using these programs?

13 yrs.

Food stamps,medicaid and housing

housing

how much does one pay if on housing? it depends on the individual's income.

eligibility

Public housing is limited to low-income families and individuals

If you are eligible, the Housing Administration will check your references to make sure you and your family will be good tenants

annual gross income,whether you qualify as elderly, a person with a disability, or as a family, and of course U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status.

Determination

There are approximately 1.2 million households living in public housing units

What is housing?

Public housing was established to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Public housing comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single family houses to highrise apartments for elderly families.

welfare history

Health issues, old in age,

Distinguished those who where able to work and those who were not.

What did they do?

It first started as the British poor Laws

when did it begin?

During the time of the colonies, approx. 1700's

Medicaid

what can medicare take care of

Subtopic

how does it work?

medicaid is only availabel with low income is only available to low income families and individuals.

money is sent directly to health care provider.

depending on the individual's status the individual may have to pay a samll portion of of the medical service.

became law in 1965

Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for America's poorest people.

What is medicaid?

a federal and state entitlement program that pays for medical assistance for certain individuals and families with low incomes and resources

SNAP(Food Stamps)

What can one do with food stamp?

people also sell their food stamps.

illegal

people can lie to get food stamps

soem can get food stamps if not working

some that work two jobs only put one check down

people dont get maried in order to get food stmps

can go to jail or even be imprision

fraud

buy groceries,

cereal,bread,grains, veggies

the stamps

wwii

1974

The program dramatically expanded in 1974 when the Congress required that food stamps should be offered to low-income households in every state.

today

about 15 percent of the United states uses food stamps meaning that approximately the number of recipients is 45.8 million

The program was then dicontinued because the properity wwii generated.

blue stamps

The blue stamps could only be used to buy food declared surplus each month by the Secretary of Agriculture

orange stamps

They could purchase orange stamps at face value and receive half that amount in blue stamps for free. opic

The orange stamps, however, could be used to buy any food item. They were issued an amount supposedly equal to the recipients normal food expenditures, the idea being that income normally spent on food would not be diverted to nonfood items opic

What is it?

program

program initially started so that recipients could be provided with a steadier flow of food and with a varied nutritious diet