United States welfare state

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The United States welfare state is the collection of federal and state social programs—such as income support, social insurance, and public assistance—designed to reduce poverty, provide economic security, and promote social well-being.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf social policy regime ⓘ
welfare state ⓘ
administeredBy federal government of the United States ⓘ
local governments in the United States ⓘ
state governments of the United States ⓘ
characterizedBy federal-state program variation ⓘ
fragmented program structure ⓘ
relatively high reliance on means-tested programs ⓘ
significant role of private welfare provision ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developedDuring New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
expandedDuring Great Society era ⓘ
linked to: Great Society
fundedBy federal taxes ⓘ
general revenues ⓘ
payroll taxes ⓘ
state taxes ⓘ
hasComponentProgram Child Tax Credit ⓘ
Children's Health Insurance Program ⓘ
Disability Insurance ⓘ
Earned Income Tax Credit ⓘ
Head Start ⓘ
linked to: Head Start program

Medicaid ⓘ
Medicare ⓘ
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance ⓘ
linked to: Social Security

Public housing ⓘ
School lunch program ⓘ
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program ⓘ
Social Security ⓘ
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ⓘ
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children ⓘ
Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ
Unemployment Insurance ⓘ
Workers' compensation ⓘ
includesType cash transfers ⓘ
in-kind benefits ⓘ
means-tested benefits ⓘ
public assistance ⓘ
social insurance ⓘ
tax expenditures ⓘ
universal benefits ⓘ
influencedBy liberal welfare regime model ⓘ
policyGoal economic security ⓘ
income redistribution ⓘ
poverty reduction ⓘ
risk pooling ⓘ
social well-being ⓘ
support for vulnerable populations ⓘ
targetPopulation children in low-income families in the United States ⓘ
elderly people in the United States ⓘ
low-income households in the United States ⓘ
people with disabilities in the United States ⓘ
unemployed workers in the United States ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Social Security Amendments of 1967 → relatedTo → United States welfare state ⓘ
Arthur J. Altmeyer → areaOfInfluence → United States social policy ⓘ
linked to: United States welfare state
From Cradle to Grave → setInContextOf → United States welfare system ⓘ
linked to: United States welfare state
Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 → relatedTo → United States social insurance system ⓘ
linked to: United States welfare state