What welfare benefits can illegal immigrants with US-born children receive?
It depends on the program. While children born in the US are citizens by the Fourteenth Amendment, the children themselves cannot directly apply for aid. The legal status of the parents matters for some programs but not others.[1] In 1997, the GAO estimated children of illegal aliens were responsible for 2–3% of the total spending in the two main programs they were eligible for (SNAP and AFDC) .[2]Breakdown of eligibility for individual federal programs:[3]IneligibleObamacare and Obamacare subsidies[4]Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Provides cash benefits to needy families. This is usually the program people are referring to when they say “welfare”.Section 8 (housing)Eligible only for children who are US citizensFood stamps (SNAP)[5] -Medicaid[6]Eligible without restrictionsPublic schools - Established through the Supreme Court decision Plyler v. DoeChild and Adult Care Food Program Food distributed to day cares in low income areas.Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program for pregnant women and young children deemed to be at nutritional risk.National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Subsidized school lunches.Footnotes[1] Tom DeLay half right on immigrants and welfare[2] https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL3...[3] http://www.fosterglobal.com/poli...[4] Immigrants [5] https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/d...[6] https://www.medicaid.gov/federal...
Why is social welfare controversial?
The idea behind welfare is that the government tries to help those who cannot help themselves. In other words if someone is disabled and unable to work then the social welfare kicks in and they can receive money off of that. If someone is unable to work and need a way to buy food welfare offers food stamps. If you work then you see that a portion of your paycheck goes to social security, that's welfare in action so that one day when you get old and unable to work you get your social security to help you survive. The controversial part is that there are SOOOooooo many people who abuse the welfare. People who would rather get a welfare check rather than go and find a job because they want free money. The key here is that it is not free money and all tax payers send money towards welfare so in a way the person who is abusing the system is taking your money but also you are helping some person out there who really needs it. Some people think the process is broken and want less welfare so they stop losing their money and others believe we can do more for people and want things like universal health care...I tried being unbiased.
Why are people so judgmental of those on welfare?
Not all of them are lazy, sitting on their *** collecting taxpayers money ike everyone seems to believe. A lot of them lost their jobs, are in a tough place, are new immigrants and just need some financial help. I'm not on welfare, but I know many people who are, and by no means are they lazy. In fact, welfare is not enough to support a family these days, so a lot of them have to take jobs under the table so they can actually have food on their table. So why are people so judgmental of people who take welfare?
With my situation, can I revieve SSI and Welfare at the same time?
I'm 19, living with my parents at the moment, but my parents are kicking me out of the house soon and I need a place to live... I get 700+ dollars from SSI (I'm not sure of the exact amount, it's less than 800 total) but even the cheapest apartments cost 700-800 for rent, so I couldn't pay other bills with it, and I'm not sure how food stamps work... But anyway, I want to know if I can get Welfare and SSI together. I know if I'm working, I get money taken out of the SSI I receive... Does Welfare do the same thing to my SSI? Last part I think would be, how much money would I be getting from the Welfare check? Because I'd have to pay rent, food, utilities, and other expenses, such as a cell phone, because I would have no other means of communication without one besides mail... Help is much appreciated!
What is the social welfare reform movement in the USA?
can someone explain this in their own words and not copy a definition because ive looked at all the definitions and i still don't understand them...(i'm kinda slow) thanks
Do welfare recipients have to pay back the money they received while on welfare after they become employed or receive an inheritance?
More than half of family welfare (TANF) paid out is recovered in child support collections. A TANF recipient who is ruled disabled and approved to receive Social Security disability benefits will have to pay TANF back out of back SSDI for any months for which SSDI provides back payment that she or he received TANF. For example: Robin applies for SSDI due to disability, but it takes 2 years to get approval; in the meantime she applies for and receives $400 a month for herself and her child from TANF, plus food stamps and a Medicaid card. TANF, through Child Support Enforcement, collects $100 a month from Robin’s ex in child support. SSDI finally approves her and agrees she has been disabled for 24 months. SSDI owes Robin $1000 a month times 24 months in SSDI, but Robin has received $9600 in TANF minus $2400 they recovered in child support, for a net of $7200. Social Security will pay TANF $7200 to repay them for the months she had to get TANF and was actually SSDI-eligible, so subtracts the $7200 from the $24000 in back SSDI they owe her, and sends her $16,800 now and then $1000 a month. Robin is now over the assets limit for food stamps; her medical is switched from Medicare primary with Medcaid secondary, and her child stays on Medicaid.
Does welfare help poor people without children in the US?
Yes overall, but it varies considerably by region. The US healthcare and welfare programs have much more regional variance than those of other wealthy nations. Partly due to size, partly due to the structure of the government where states and counties have a lot of power, but the end result is an entire array of different welfare programs which target different demographics in different areas for different needsThe major federal programs I'd say areSNAP (food stamps) - this one just has an income/wealth requirementTANF (cash assistance) - this one is for families and has a time limitSSI/SSDI - these target people with disabilities, I think for SSDI you need to have previously worked enough to have paid into Social Security.There are various state assistance programs which are only income based, but there are too many to list. An example is that California has an assistance program for the poor, but specifically for energy needs.And then we have Medicaid, which is federally funded but state implemented. Medicaid generally covers mothers, children, mothers-to-be, and men in those families. The benefits for single men are generally very low, unless you have a disability, although they increased with the passage of Obamacare. Again, because Medicaid is state run, the eligibility varies a lot by state.Medicare of course targets the elderly, who may or may not be poor.Overall, there is some kind of assistance for everyone if you're poor enough (like SNAP), but cash welfare is the hardest to come by, and the programs generally target women, children, and the disabled much more. If you're a young single healthy unemployed male, you will qualify for the fewest benefits.
Is SSI and Welfare the same thing?
SSI is one kind of welfare, $50 Billion a year. 2.6% of the population, one in 38 persons. All SSI people get medicaid, another form of welfare. A lot of them get food stamps, another form of welfare. A lot of hem get energy assistance, another form of welfare. A lot of them get housing help (like HUD), another form of welfare. A lot of hem get WIC for their children, another form of welfare. (Per the SSA reference below - SSI and children - "On average, SSI payments accounted for nearly 48 percent of the family income of SSI children,") For all families with SSI children, SSI is nearly half of ALL income. SSI and children. http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v66n2... ~ http://futureofchildren.org/futureofchil...
Welfare To Work Program?
Ditto, with some caveats. Theoretically there is a time limit, so she will be off welfare before her time runs out. If someone says "Oh, no, there is a time limit" - they don't understand how the system works. She may find a reason to call herself disabled, get a doctor to say she can't work, then the work program would end. ~ ~ Here is what the Feds say: The law allows states considerable flexibility to exclude families from work requirements and time limits. Work requirements and time limits apply only to families with an adult receiving aid, not to cases where only children receive cash assistance (child-only cases). In addition, states may provide cash assistance to families and exempt them from work requirements and time limits by using state MOE in specified ways, such as through a state program other than their TANF program, referred to as separate state programs. In addition, states can extend federal time limits for up to 20 percent of their families receiving assistance. While the intent of TANF is to provide temporary, time-limited aid, federal time limits do not apply to all forms of aid or to all families receiving aid. First, states are only to count toward the 60 month time limit any month in which an individual receives a service or benefit considered “assistance,” which is defined in the TANF regulations as cash or other forms of benefits designed to meet a family’s ongoing basic needs. 3 Second, time limits do not apply to the following types of cases: 1. Child-only cases in which the adult in the household does not receive cash assistance. 4 2. Families who received assistance while living in Indian country or an Native Alaskan village where 50 percent of the adults are not employed. Third, all states have the option to use federal funds to extend assistance beyond the federal 60 month limit for reasons of hardship, as defined by the state. States can extend assistance for up to 20 percent of the average monthly number of families receiving assistance (“20 percent extension”).5 Finally, assistance that is provided solely through state MOE is not subject to the federal time limit. Read more: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02770.pdf
Why can't full-time students get food stamps?
Current federal food stamp regulations place very strict restrictions on who can get Food Stamps while being a full time student. There are multiple exceptions to the policy, but they vary by state. The best way to determine if you meet one of those exemptions would be to contact your state agency that administers food stamps.In my state (Pennsylvania), to be eligible, a student must meet at least one of the following criteria and must NOT have a meal plan through school which provides more than half their weekly meals:-Under age 18 or Age 50 or older-Physically or mentally unfit-Attending high school-Responsible for the care of a dependent household member under age 6 -Responsible for the care of a dependent household member older than 5 but under age 12 if adequate child care is not available for the student to attend class and satisfy the 20-hour weekly work requirement or participate in a state or federally financed work-study program during the regular school year -Participating in an on-the-job-training program-Working 20 hours a week or self-employed with weekly earnings equal to at least 20 hours times the federal minimum hourly wage or participating in a state or federally financed work-study program during the regular school year -Participating in a work-study program under Title IV -Receiving TANF benefits-Attending a school or training program that is not an institution of higher education-Enrolled in an institution of higher education less than half-time, as determined by the institution-Enrolled full-time in an institution of higher education, as determined by the institution, and a single parent responsible for the care of a dependent child under age 12, regardless of the availability of adequate child care -Enrolled in an institution of higher education through or to comply with the requirements of any of the following:The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programThe Food Stamp Act Employment and Training (E&T) programThe Trade Act of 1974 (Section 236) program