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