PSCI 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Earned Income Tax Credit, Negative Income Tax
25 Jan 2017
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Means-tested programs: poverty rates in the us. Welfare to workfare: aid to families with dependent children (1935-1996) Not allowed to be living with an able bodied man in the household, ineligible. Could get the funding as long as you reached that level. High tax rate for those who received the aid: temporary assistance for needy families (1996 - ) People were supposed to be part of a work-related activity. Encourage people to get training to get jobs and separate from assistance. Wanted to include funding for childcare and transportation in addition to the funding for training these programs. Left up to the states: supplemental nutrition assistance program (food. Have to be actively looking to qualify. Meant to be a temporary thing: earned income tax credit. Created in 1975, a negative income tax. Designed for parents with children at home: programs for the homeless. Not really any in the federal level.
