Social and Economic Responses Flashcards
SNAP Point
SNAP helps low income families, seniors and people with disabilities.
SNAP knowledge
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) lifted around 4 millionpeople in the United States, including 1.5 million children out of povertyin 2017.
SNAP Balance
In 2020 SNAP did not include essentials such as Soap, Nappies and Sanitary products
Snappy Eval
Ineffective
ACA
Affordable Care Act
ACA Point
Response to Healthcare Inequalities and tries to give disadvantaged people some form of healthcare.
ACA Knowledge
Since 2011-20 20 million Americans got health insurance because of the ACA.
ACA Boost
The ACA has decreased the amount of ethnic minority people who do not have health insurance.
ACA Knowledge boost
Between 2011 and 2020 the amount of Hispanic who were uninsured decreased by 7%.
Eval ACA
Effective
TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TANF Point
Created to end welfare problems and help struggling families.
TANF Knowledge
Children under 6 who received TANF benefits because family was poor earned 17% more on average when they became an adult that children under 6 with families in similar economic positions who did NOT receive TANF benefits.
TANF Balance Point
TANF rarely managed to get people out of poverty directly.
TANF Balance Knowledge
2018 only 438,000 people lifted out of poverty because of TANF.
