Safety Nets

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Across
  1. 3. this president started welfare during the great depression
  2. 4. compensataion checks for people who've lost their jobs
  3. 8. financial award given by government to person/group to carry out specific task
  4. 9. health coverage to poor people who are unemployed, or not covered by employer plans
  5. 12. this program aims sends money from fed, to the states. aims to move people on welfare, to joing workforce
  6. 16. social service covering people 65 or over
  7. 19. this program collects payroll taxes, and redistributes to rretired, disabled, or people unable to work
Down
  1. 1. how does the government help the poor?
  2. 2. ____ living wage. a wage that is high enough to maintain a normal standard of living
  3. 5. lacking sufficient money to live at a standard within a society
  4. 6. number of children (rounded, in millions) US living in poverty
  5. 7. __ ____ benefits. goods/services provided for free or at greatly reduced cost
  6. 10. direct payments of money
  7. 11. government aid for the poor
  8. 13. state of being extremely poor
  9. 14. __________ housing. government sponsored housing assistance
  10. 15. the rounded percentage of people, living in poverty in the US
  11. 17. government program providing health insurance at no charge, to children
  12. 18. adive given at no charge. example: public defender