Acronymn
SNAP
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
A program that helps low-income families purchase food.
SNAP
A family unit that includes two married persons, children from previous marriages or relationships, and any children resulting from the new marriage.
Blended family
30-40%
WIC
Women Infant Children
Places that are heavily impacted by frequent visits from uninsured individuals.
emergency room
A medical program that older adults and persons with disabilities.
Medicare
What year did TANF replace AFDC?
1996
EITC
Earned Income Tax Credit
Supplemental Security Income is fully funded through___
Federal revenues
A condition that includes the set of injuries, symptoms, and signs of mistreatment observed on a severely abused child.
Battered Child Syndrome
Parents are the primary perpetrators of violence against children over __% of the time.
80%
IPV
Intimate Partner Violence
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) was designed to support families with the purpose of helping them to achieve _____?
self-sufficiency
A measure used to designate survival at the most basic level. Measures have been established to determine which people live above and below the poverty level.
Absolute poverty
What is the fastest-growing segment of the population?
People over 80 years old
WHO
World Health Organization
What is the one constant that is consistently linked to stressful and harmful living conditions, disease, and lack of adequate health care?
socioeconomic status
The view that the universal function of society, is providing services like public education and healthcare to all citizens, not just those in need, to promote overall well-being and stability.
Institutional
What is the average life expectancy today?
77 years old