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Just for the non-US persons reading along, below are a few US Federal government programs for poor people. Some states (most?) have additional programs as well
by floxy 4y ago
Just for the non-US persons reading along, below are a few US Federal government programs for poor people. Some states (most?) have additional programs as well for some things, or supplement federal programs.
- WIC (https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic)
>The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age 5 who are found to be at nutritional risk. WIC serves about half of all infants born in the United States.
- Food Stamps (SNAP - https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program)
- Medicaid (Health care for poor people) https://www.medicaid.gov/
- Section 8 subsidized housing (https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/710)
- trs8080 4y agoAre you of the belief that the conservatives who support overturning Roe also support WIC, SNAP, Medicaid, and Section 8 housing? Because the traditional conservative viewpoint is that these programs should be completely eliminated. I believe this is what OP is referring to - the same people who supposedly believe in the sanctity of human life are also the first to cut any programs that support it. So it's difficult to take their "pro-life" arguments in good faith.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoAll those programs have a reputation for being wholly inadequate. Better to let a woman abort a baby she's not prepared for for than tell her "But you will qualify for aid programs!"