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Supplemental Security Income
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(SSI) federal assistance to the blind and elderly poor as part of the Social Security Act of 1935.
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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(TANF) reduce long-term welfare dependency by limiting the length of time recipients can receive assistance and by giving the states an incentive to get welfare recipients into jobs.
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Aid for Families with Dependent Children
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(AFDC) an entitlement program, which meant that any single parent (and in some states two parents) living in poverty could claim the benefit and keep it for as long as dependent child was in the household.
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Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
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payments when individuals rile their personal income taxes. lifts about a third of low-income Americans above the poverty line.
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