...Nations are maintaining a variety of welfare programs to rule out the effects of poverty today. In the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is designed to end hunger and improve the health of many low-income families. In addition, this program fights malnutrition and ensures the family to maintain a healthy diet. However, this program is beneficial for some families, yet it has its flaws. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program should consider altering its program requirements and monitor the people who apply for it. Although the benefits of SNAP are admirable, I believe the laws behind the program must be altered. Families accepted for the assistance are not drug tested, but I believe they should be. As an employee at a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, I experience many men and women coming in and purchasing their food while they are under the influence of marijuana. Standing at the end of my register, I watch families come in, fill their buggies up with name brand food, and utilize their Nutritional Assistance benefits. Although SNAP was designed for the low-income families to maintain a healthy diet, junk food is the only thing that their benefits are used for. The SNAP should emphasize the rule of healthy eating (Are)....
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...of Law Food Stamps Act of 1977 Under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 eligible households may be issued coupons with which to purchase from approved food stores. It was enacted to promote the general welfare by permitting low-income households to obtain a nutritious diet through normal channels of trade by increasing food purchasing power for all eligible households who apply for participation. Under this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to formulate and administer a food stamp program under which eligible households will be provided with the opportunity to obtain a more nutritious diet through the issuance of coupons. These coupons are to be used solely to purchase food from retail stores which have been approved for the participation on the program. (3 C. J.S. Agriculture § 36) The Secretary of Agriculture will propose allowable amounts of financial resources that a eligible household may own, and assure that a household eligible to participate in the food stamp program will not be eligible to participate if its resources that exceed $2,000, or in the case of a household which consists of or included an elderly or disabled member, if its resources exceed $3,000. Households are generally limited to receiving food stamps for 12...
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...Rubric Due Date: Mar 16, 2014 23:59:59 Max Points: 200 Details: This is a CLC assignment. It is important to promote the professional role of the nurse to provide health promotion and disease preventive care. Collaborating with other health care professionals and consumer groups in the community in redesigning health care can help meet the goals for Healthy People 2020. Refer to http://www.healthypeople.gov/ to open the Healthy People home page. 1. Select the "2020 Topics & Objectives" tab. 2. Select one of the 42 "Healthy People" topic areas for improving health. 3. Submit the proposed area to the instructor for approval. No group may work on the same focus area as another group. Develop a PowerPoint presentation (15-20 slides) with accompanying speaker's notes and citations. For help designing PowerPoint slides, refer to the tutorial listed in the Topic Materials. In the presentation, address the following: 1. State the objective of the presentation. • The objective of the presentation is what role does nursing play in helping to construct public and physical settings that encourage good health for all patients across the health continuum. 2. State the Healthy People 2020 focus area your group has selected and the rationale for selection of the specific focus area. • “The Social Determinants of Health topic area within Healthy People 2020 is designed to identify ways to create social and physical environments that promote good health...
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...Feeding America programs are “able to provide nutritious, fresh foods to Americans struggling with hunger; safe and nurturing places for children to have a meal; emergency assistance for disaster victims; as well as a chance at self-sufficiency for adults trying to break the cycle of poverty and hunger” (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * Programs offered by: * CFSP: The Commodity Supplemental Food Program serves about 595,000 low-income people each month targeting seniors (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * TEFAP: The Emergency Food Assistance Program is a federal program that provides food commodities at no cost to Americans in need of short-term hunger relief through emergency food providers like food banks, pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * SFSP: The Summer Food Service Program provides free meals and snacks to low-income children during the summer months and long school vacations (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * SNAP: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program helps low-income Americans put food on the table, providing benefits that are timely, targeted, and temporary (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * For further information on Feeding America, please visit www.feedingamerica.org * Women Infants and Children (WIC) * The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care...
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...States receive block grants to design and work with programs that accomplish one of the purposes of the TANF program. TANF’s sole purpose is to provide assistance to needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes, reduce the reliance of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work and marriage, prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.(Administration for Children and Families) Medicaid is a federal and state program that helps with medical costs for people with limited income and resources.Each state has a different set of rules for eligibility and applying for the Medicaid program. If you qualify for Medicaid in your state, you automatically qualify for extra help paying for your Medicare prescription drug coverage. To qualify for the program you must be 65 years or older, a child that is under 19, pregnant, living with a disability, a parent or an adult caring for a child, an adult without dependent children, or an eligible...
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...Running Head: THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 1 The Food Stamp Program Patricia Ibrahim PPA 601 Foundations of Public Administration Instructor Raby THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 2 The first Food Stamp Program started in 1939 during the height of the Great Depression, a period of high unemployment and widespread hunger. The program was successful, but the need for food assistance in America didn’t last very long. Soon after entering World War II in 1941, the U.S. began a period of booming growth and prosperity.(Cancio, Coleen, How Food Stamps Work) The program operated from 1939-1943, and was seen as an innovative way to respond to severe hunger caused by the Depression while also supporting farmers. The food stamps were made of orange and blue paper in the form of coupons. The stamps were purchased by citizens at a value equal to what they spent on food each month. The stamps were used to purchase food and household articles, (starch, soap, matches) but could not be used to purchase alcohol or tobacco. For every US $1 worth of orange...
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...Food Stamp The need of government assistance is rapidly rising because of poverty levels, incomes decreasing, and health issues. Those who need government assistance are often looked down upon by those who do not understand their reasonings for the need of extra assistance. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program also known as SNAP, is formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. It provides food purchasing assistance for low income people living in the United States. SNAP benefits can be used to purchase food at grocery stores, clothing stores, and convenient stores. SNAP benefits are given monthly to recipients through an electronic benefits transfer card, better knowns as an EBT, which works like a debit card. This card is...
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...| Agency Structure | | | | | Determine where each agency lies in the administrative structure of the federal government. Identify it as an executive department or an independent agency. United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States Government. It lies under the administrative structure of the Department of Interior and is an executive department. United States Forest Service sustains the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands. It lies under the administrative structure of the United States Department of Agriculture and is an executive department. United States Bureau of Reclamation established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the dams, power plants, and canals it constructed in the 17 western states. It lies under the administrative structure of the Department of Interior and is an executive department. United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a federal government agency within the United States Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. It is also an executive department. Determine which of the appropriation subcommittees has jurisdiction over each agency’s budget request. The United States Bureau of Reclamation is under the jurisdiction of the Energy and Water Development subcommittee. The United States Geological Survey is under the jurisdiction of the United States House Interior...
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...Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Jill Lukas Professor Teeple Sociology of The Family December 16, 2015 Like many anti-hunger programs in the past, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was designed to alleviate the hunger and malnutrition of the poor. While there are many benefits to millions of people with SNAP, there is also great cost and controversy. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.), as of November 6, 2015, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program assisted nearly 46 million people in almost 23 million households in meeting their nutritional needs. The cost for this assistance was $63,932,308,264.00 in 2015 according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This is how it works: The Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service administers the SNAP program and then gives direction to all fifty states who then will establish who is eligible and who is not. (Blau,Abramovitz 2014, p.434). The state also regulates and administers the benefit for its residents. Once eligible, the recipient may purchase any type of non-prepared food. The SNAP food stamp program is the largest nutrition assistance program offered by the U.S.D.A. The goal of this program is to help poor families put balanced meals on the table in the quest to end malnutrition and hunger. SNAP provides monthly benefits for eligible, low income families in the form of a benefits card which is similar to a credit card and does away...
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...Many people in today’s society with low income wonder how they would feed their children, pregnant women who cannot afford formula for their baby, and a decent place to stay. Today, there are poor mother’s in the society who worry about is there baby going to have formula, some even worry about if they have all the information to meet the standard to get the free program. Some people today with low income cannot afford a place to stay or do not have enough money to pay high rent every month. Some wonder if they can apply for Section 8 housing program would they be accepted and receive the free benefit. Welfare is a great program that offers different program the help low income people. Welfare offers different programs such as Food Stamps, Section 8, and...
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...A Policy Options Brief by the Public Health Law Center January 2009 e Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Opportunities to Influence Participant’s Health in Minnesota Suggested citation: Maggie Mahoney, Tobacco Law Center, The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); Opportunitites to Influence Participants’ Health in Minnesota (2008). December 2008 This publication was prepared by the Public Health Law Center, a program of the Tobacco Law Center at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, with financial support provided in part by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. This policy brief is provided for educational purposes only and is not to be construed as legal advice or as a substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney. Laws and rules cited are current as of the policy brief’s publication date. The Tobacco Law Center provides legal information and education about public health, but does not provide legal representation. Readers with questions about the application of the law to specific facts are encouraged to consult legal counsel familiar with the laws of their jurisdictions. Copyright © 2008 by the Tobacco Law Center Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ..................................................................
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...There are so many mothers with children that need help for the Welfare Programs. The student researched programs that were needed for single mothers. North Carolina has Medicaid for Pregnant Women. Medicaid for Pregnant is only for Pregnant Women. It covers any services needed to bare a healthy child. This is prenatal care, Childbirth and parenting classes, and family planning. The student researched services that can be given to a mother that is unemployed and has no money coming into the home to help pay bills such as rent and light bill. There is a program here in North Carolina called work first. Work first is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, which pays a certain amount of money to do volunteer work within the community. The pay is not like a regular job but it is some cash for the mother to pay a few things. WIC is for Women, Infants, and Children. Some call this program the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program. This is for low income families to provide the children and child baring mother with the food they need to stay healthy. Food stamps some places call it Food and Nutrition Services. These services are only used to purchase food for low income families. A student from Ashford University researched and examined the history of social welfare policy. The Student wanted to see how the social welfare policy pertained to the population of single mothers in North Carolina. The Student wanted to discuss the need for help concerning the wellbeing of their child...
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...lifestyle but there are others who disagree. For instance, if a woman went to the Department of Human Services with her five children and told them her husband had deserted them, when in fact he lived with his family, some people in society would think this is illegal. Unfortunately, there are numerous similar situations that are reported each year. Many take undue advantage of the welfare system. however, the welfare system addresses many of the problems that the lower income families see everyday. But in today's society there are nearly 48 million people, that is almost one out of every six Americans, who receive food stamp benefits depend on this program alone have quadrupled in just a decade. Indeed it has this program and others such as two score housing programs,a score of nutrition...
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...prepared each day to face the challenges of feeding families in need. Majority of the people that are served by food banks, have children. The biggest challenge of about serving so many needy families is knowing that without the programs we (the food banks) run many of these people would not be getting any of the nutrition that they need on a daily basis. (FeedingAmerica.org) In the world today there are people who never have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. However, there are other who face those woes every day. Food banks are one of the options people have to help feed their families. The community food bank of New Jersey, along with our partner agencies, feed an estimated 900,000 people throughout the year in the state of New Jersey alone. There are also many other options available to New Jersey residents including the WIC program for pregnant woman and their children and SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program). But it is still hard for many residents to make ends meet and provide enough food with enough nutritional value for their families. The rising cost of putting food on the table is becoming a burden on many families. More and more people are turning to food banks and supplemental nutritional programs to help either feed their families completely or to help bring the food to the tables. In New Jersey alone 13.5% of adults and a staggering 18.6% of children are food insecure. This means that this percentage of people do not know...
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...Free Money for Strangers South University Government assistance programs are supported by tax dollars. This is controversial for hardworking Americans. It seems as though those less fortunate get a pass and receive an income without working for it, while those working, continue to struggle to make what little they do have, stretch. That’s not total freedom in the land of opportunity. So the question that remains is what responsibility is it of ours to help those in need? Many people see this as the role of a just society: to provide its members with their basic needs. Yet many others find taxing productive workers to subsidize the less productive tantamount to theft. They argue that people are free to provide for themselves and should be held responsible for their actions if they do not. (Westfall). Why have people taken on such a negative view about paying taxes to support government programs? Perhaps because of statements like this: “What government programs gave was transient and superficial. What they destroyed was more fundamental.” (Sowell, 2000). Well I beg to differ; government assistance programs are not superficial. They are needed because they help provide assistance for programs such as: Disaster Assistance for Victims, Unemployment Insurance for the many out of jobs, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance. With natural disasters that plague us today everyone turns to the government for help in their unfortunate time of need. What if the government offered...
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