Temporary Assistance To Needy Families (SNAP)

The U.S Government has social welfare systems that supports lower class in need. From home providing programs like “Welfare” and “Section 8 housing” to food providing programs like “Food Stamps” and “WIC “( Women, Infants, and Children ). The U.S government economy has declined immensely over the years resulting in a high unemployment rate and very high market pricing. Therefor, theres a very large group of people who are struggling financially, in need of food or shelter, cant find a job, income cant support their kids, etc .. Also there is an additional group of people mainly immigrants who simply struggle to speak the language and can’t really find there place in this country.

Welfare America, home of the brave, the free, and the blessed! In this country many programs have been established to help those in need. One of these programs is welfare. Welfare is a public assisting aid, which gives citizens who live in the minimal level of poverty free money. This program is funded from the taxes payed by all working Americans.

TANF stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It is a federally funded grant program that allows states to create and administer their own assistance programs for families in need. TANF replaces the federal programs previously known as 'welfare, ' and enables states to offer a wide variety of social services. One significant change from the old 'welfare ' system is that TANF recipients must participate in work activities in or to receive benefits. This means that parents receiving TANF must be employed in some capacity, be working toward employment, or taking classes aimed at increasing their

Further, many citizens feel as though SNAP promotes unemployment by allowing members to stay home and collect benefits at taxpayer costs. However, SNAP does not provide a substantial amount of benefits to support a comfortable life without work. In normal economic periods, most adults can only receive three months of benefits every three years if they are unemployed. (Id.) At that point, the average benefit is less than $1.40 per meal.

While regulations exist in the United States society to determine who needs food stamps and when those families need them, the abuse of this federal program still occurs. Assistance to needy families is crucial and normally temporary with the exceptions of those who use the program as a way of life. All 50 states have many different variations of regulations for food stamps. In Oklahoma, the federal program for assistance for food is called SNAP.

Welfare Keeps America Alive Public assistance, or welfare, defines itself as a public or private social service aimed towards assisting those who are inclined to be more disadvantaged than the general population. Public assistance helps these disadvantaged by providing a minimal but steady income from organizations, such as the TANF (temporary assistance for needy families) or the SSI (supplemental security income).These organizations help the struggling to regain their previous successes thus, creating a better stabilized economy. Public assistance is needed due to the increasing poverty rates in the United States caused by unemployment and physical disabilities. A common misconception made about welfare is that anyone who applies for the assistance automatically becomes a recipient.

One thing that Edin and Shaefer makes abundantly clear is that poverty has no face. Victims of a failing economic system come from different backgrounds and all have different stories. The 1.2 million families below the poverty line are black, white, Hispanic and Asian. Although there are different types of families living on $2.00 a day, many of the families have commonalities. For instance, I believe that Madonna, Jennifer and Rae had the most in common.

As the economic troubles increased after 2007, the use of food stamps also grew as well for several years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that an average of 44 million people were on food stamps in 2011; that's up from 17 million in 2000. Economic troubles does not only make it hard for people financially but emotionally as well. According to a report in The Chronicle of Higher Education posted on http://news.wfsu.org/ the number of people with master's and doctorate degrees who have had to apply for food stamps, unemployment or other assistance more than tripled between 2007 and 2010. A higher amount of people are needing a government assistance.

Today, the U.S. welfare system is a complex and varied system of federal, state, and local programs designed to provide assistance to those in need. Programs like TANF, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) continue to provide essential support to millions of Americans, while debates about the effectiveness and fairness of the welfare system continue to shape policy and political

The price of food is increasing, and there is both benefit and no benefit. But whether or not you receive the benefits depends on whether or not you receive SNAP or not. Today, purchasing food with your own money is very expensive. And you will get a very small amount of groceries for hundreds and hundreds of dollars. But with the assistance of programs like SNAP people are able to purchase sufficient meals and be relieved of the stress of purchasing food and able to pay for other responsibilities that they have.

Millions of people all over the world suffer from poverty. Americans usually think of third world countries when thinking of poverty, often one will not realize that it is a problem right here at home. Everyone will agree that poverty is a problem, but how exactly does poverty affect people? Most people will think of an old beggar on the side of the road with a sign and a tin can in their hand when they think of poor people. But the age group that is most affected by poverty in our nation is our children.

Government public assistance in America came about in 1935 with the passing of the Social Security Act (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); A Short History of SNAP, 2014). This act remains the most significant piece of social legislations ever enacted in the United States. It also paved the way for greater federal involvement in health and welfare (Ambrosino, Ambrosino, Heffernan, Shuttlesworth, 2016). There are three main aspects of the Social Security Act.

These programs are set out to help the people get out of the economic hardships that they are in. The government isn’t giving them enough room to grow and increase their yearly income. The government should be that support system that allows its people to grow while still giving them that extra push that they need. The government could give them room to grow and increase their income while still having the benefits. This would allow them to save, invest, and stop needing the aid the government offers.

As a reader reads Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed on (Not) Getting by in America, they get an insight on what it is like to live a low income life. Ehrenreich proposes the argument in the introduction that poverty is a serious matter and just because one has a job does not mean they are not considered poor. She wants to persuade us to realize that American is not the land of opportunity as promised and portrayed and there are regular people who are struggling to live a comfortable life. Throughout her book she mentions her experiences with living on minimum wage, the hiring process, and how she felt being put in that position. After reading Ehrenreich’s book I am thoroughly persuaded.

According to the PBS Frontline video “Poor Kids” 2012, more than 46 million Americans are living beneath the poverty line. The United States alone has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the industrialized world. It is stated that 1 out of 5 children are living in poverty. The video documented the lives of three families who are faced with extreme hardships and are battling to survive a life of being poor. All three families have more than one child and could barely afford to pay their bills and purchase food for their household.