Supplemental Security Income

As a child growing up in Puerto Rico I attended many political campaigns with my father. He was the true meaning of the word fanatic when it came to politics and he had been a politician at an earlier time in his life also. He believed with every fiber in his body that Puerto Rico should become the fifty-first state of the United States. My father passed away not seen his dream come true. In Puerto Rico, political parties are associated to the three status choices. There is the New Progressive Party

If Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is the only sources of income, recipients will not have to pay any federal income taxes on your Social Security Disability benefits. (Social Security Disability Help, n.d.) Taxes are paid as a way for the government to fund the needs of the citizens and because people with disabilities (PWD) more often than not, do not work and/or received social security disability they are not contribute

(USDA) administers food assistance programs that help provide food for low to no income families. It is their goal to increase food security and reduce hunger by increasing access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education for low-income Americans (Caswell, 2013, para. 1). Some of the current nutrition assistance programs include “the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)”(Caswell, 2013, para. 1)

programs include Medicaid, WIC Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Section 8 (HUD). The history of Welfare in the U.S started long before the welfare programs we know. Laws were made for those who were unable to work due to their age or physical health, and those who were able, but unemployed. Eligibility for a Welfare program depends on numerous factors. It’s determined using gross, net income, size of family, and different situations

Public assistance in America came about in 1935 when the Social Security Act was passed. 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, such as Social Insurance, Public Assistance and Health and Welfare Services. Out of those three aspects, I will be talking

Homelessness is a growing social problem that society should increase the more awareness to the theses vulnerable population through policies that might help to address the problem. Affordable housing policy is the key factor that could be able to control the problem of homelessness. There are 564,708 homeless people in the U.S. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development report (2015) estimated that 69% homeless people were staying in the shelter, and 31% were unsheltered. There are many

welfare is defined as “a government program for poor or unemployed people that helps pay for their food, housing, medical costs, etc.” (Dictionary) Some of these programs include; Food Stamps, Medicaid, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Head Start, Medicare, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Work Study.

national standards and that the Social Security Administration” would be better equipped to efficiently administer this program. In 1972 Congress enacted the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program in order to “provide[] a basic monthly national income guarantee, called the federal benefit rate (FBR), to persons

In August 14, 1935 Social Security was established by the founder of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Social Security had a program known as social insurance for what it consists of retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits. Those benefits included taxes. Let’s go back in time and explore the history and issues that were involved in social security. (Social security of United States) Before the 1930’s, the great depression in the 1929 became an issue for the economy as well as the stock market crashed

In order to reduce income inequality, increase people's economic security, and help get people off food stamps, the government should increase the federal minimum wage. The average CEO makes 774 times the amount of a full-time minimum wage worker according to Cathrine Dill from forbes magazine. If minimum wage increased to $10.10, that number would decrease to 559. Although it’s not much, it still reduces the income inequality between the rich and poor people in America. Also, increasing the minimum