General Assistance The phrase “general assistance” can refer to a broad array of services and benefits. For purposes of our site, we’ll focus in on general welfare and public welfare benefit payments offered through a wide variety of government-sponsored programs. Most welfare programs in the Untied States can be traced back to the Great Depression [...]
Temporary Assistance For Needy Families The Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (“TANF”) program has been a staple of American general welfare programs for many years now. The TANF program took the place of the longtime AFDC (“Aid to Families with Dependent Children”) public welfare program. The purpose of the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families program [...]
Lone Star Card The Lone Star card is used by the Texas Health and Human Services to administer two important public welfare programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP” – better known as the Food Stamp program) and the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (“TANF”) program. Both of these programs require the use of an [...]
AFDC Program The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (“AFDC”) general welfare program was created in 1935, amidst the terrible economic times of the Great Depression. It was one of many major new programs enacted through the “New Deal” legislation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to try and help the millions of Americans who were [...]
EBT The Electronic Benefit Transfer (“EBT”) is an electronic-based system used by many different local and state governments throughout the United States to allow individuals of various general welfare and social welfare programs to receive the benefits they have qualified and entitled to obtain. Throughout the history of welfare, governments had previously used paper vouchers. [...]
