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Timespan of Poverty Legislation
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Social Security Act
Created a system to allow the elderly to receive pensions, aid to impoverished children and mothers, and also added unemployment benefits to out of work people. -
National School Lunch Act
This program was created to provide cheaper or free lunches to low income students -
War on Poverty
President Johnsons speech during his State of the Union Address, which stated his plan to implement policies to reduce the high poverty rates in the United States at that time -
Food Stamp Act
the Food Stamp program allowed families in poverty to be able to afford food products -
Medicare
Medicare was created to ensure that those over the age of 65 were able to get health insurance -
Medicaid
Medicaid is a program that provides health coverage to low income families -
WIC Program
WIC was created as a program to help women and children below the poverty line who were at risk of nutritional deficiencies -
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
The low income home energy assistance program is used to provide those in poverty with adequate means of heating their homes
