List of government social programs

Marketplace Contributor Mar 20, 2013

List of government social programs

Marketplace Contributor Mar 20, 2013

Head Start

Social Security Disability

Social Security Retirement and Survivors Benefits

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Medicaid

Medicare

Welfare (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or T.A.N.F.)

G.I. Bill

Veterans’ benefits

Pell Grants

Unemployment Insurance

Food Stamps

Government Subsidized Housing

Home Mortgage Interest Deduction

Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits

Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit

529 accounts (qualified tuition programs) or Coverdell education savings account (Education I.R.A.’s)

Earned-income tax credit

Employer subsidized health insurance

Employer subsidized retirement benefits

Federal student loans

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