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Goleurment Programs

Nicole Oman is a nnther ofthree children living in the state ofWashington (Linr! par. 23). As
of 201 1, she had recently divorced lrer husband and had to apply lbr Teuporary Assistance for Needy
Families, otherx.ise known as

TANF (par. 23). Her frnily fued in a lronpless

shefter and receivecl

$454 a month to use for neces.sary resources^(p ar. 23). They also received rnoney in food stamp
benefirs, now

kno#N;::
a

,*lPJ;job

aurl,

have

job and she was sff'ggling to get by. T.{NF to land a position at a

That all changed.when she med

search program offered ttnougfu

IocallIilCA tBx.25).

She started to nrake arourd $1,150 a nnntl1 and she soonbought an

apartrrnt and a car for her fimity (par. 26). After living in a slreher and depending on wel&re prograns
for years, she now had a stable job, a honrc, ancl a l'ehble. None ofthis would have beenreuntely
possiLrle if she hadn't lrad these govemnrnt prograils when she was inneed.

The problem is, Nicole Orran isn't the only person who needed governnrent progrann to
suri."ive. Right now.

4.1% af Anpricans, or 12,800.000 people, are onwelfire ('Welfire Statistics"

par. 1). There are also 46,700,000 Anrcricans on fuod stanps and 5,600,000 Anericans on
rnrerploynrent insurance (par. 1). Many people today are fying to refoml or even cut govenrment
programs intended to he$ people inpor,erg. But

iftlnt were to happer,, what would life be like for

ttut

those millftrrs ofAnrericans who ilepend onthese programs? What woukl beconrc of them? I think

government plCIEmnts should be kept because they can provide people in need vi,ith honns, food, and
heahhcare.

One ofthe many sltpport programs in Anrerica is Habitat for Huranirl,. Habitat for Hunanity is
a notqrrofit,

npdern Clristiau Ministry that he[rs build and repair houses ('T{abitat for Hrunanity''par.

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1). In 1965, Millat'd and Linda Fullervisited Koinonia Fann, a smallCtnistian comrnuriryoutside

of

Anrericus, Georgla (par" 2). It was there that they devebped the idea of 'parbrership housing'(par. 4). Their idea focrsed on rvorking with vohrrteers to huild hones for people irr need (par. 4). In 1973, tlre Fullers nrove to Mbandaka, Zabe (now flre I)enxlcratic Republic ofCongo) (par. 9). While there, tlrey planned to offer sheher to 2,000 natives (par. 9). They reached ttreir goal and retuned horne to the U.S,

in tkee years (par. 9). Whentlreyretumed honre, they started up the Habitat programinAnrerica (par.
9). If there \las a frmrly in need of slrelter, they would appb to the organization fi:r help (par. 4).

selection corrnittee within Habitat for Hrunanity would then choose people to rvork with on a horre

(par. 4). They chose people based on their level ofneed, their abiliry to repay the han, and their
u.illingpess to

beconr a partner Habitat (par. 4). Once a firnilv was chosen, they would begin building

(par. 4). Typical$, a

findSruff p.SOO-500 hours ofwork into tlreir ownhouse, workingwittrHabitat

vohmteers (par. 1). The finished houses ate tlien sold to the fimilies with no-profit, no-interest,

t(

affordable lcrans (par. 2). The house paynrnt that Habitat receires fromthe fimjly will go into a fimd,
and the money fromtlrc flurd rvillbe used to build rrore lrouses (par. 7).

Habitat for Hurnanity is upre than just building houses. With 1.8 millbn children dying every

lear due tn unclean rt'ater and poor sanitaticrn, the hcruns provided can prevent and care for diseases
such as tuberculosis, d;awhea, nnlaria, and
sense of diryrity, an increased

HIV/AIDS (par. 1). Tlrey can also he$ provide

stabilit-r,', a

f*ekg ofphysical safety and secuiryr,

and an increase ofeducatbnal and

job prospects (par. 3). In Malawi Afiica. kids rxrder fi,e years old living in hornes provided by Habitat
tbr Hurnanity have 44a/a less malaria. respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases than the kids living in

taditional honres in Malawi (par. 4).

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There are crurentbarorurd 827.6
that number rr,,tllrise

t J

millio.d-the

world lil,ing inslunn (par. 1). 8y2020,

is doingtheir part to heS reduce that

to I billion (par. 1). Habitat for Hurnanity

nrurber. Theyhave l,500localorganizations inthe U.S and 80 organizations across the globe (par" 3). Theyhave he$ed build atd repair arcund 800,000 lromes and have heped over 4 millionpeople
arorurd tlre worH (par. 3). Tlrey are lre$ing the rvorld, one house at a

tinp. Wlrat would happento the

people stillr.vaiting for a

honr ifthe governnent

cut this progam?

Sotre govenurnt srpport progran$ can lrelp pror,"ide food. One progam is the Sr4rplemental Nufiition Assisfance Progarq or SNAP (par.1). SNAP is a program that grves assistance to Iomincorre people and firnilies and gles beirelits to the corrurnmity (par. 1). Before SNAP, there was
tlre FSP, or the Food Stanp Progpam (par. 2). This started in 1939 as an e4perhrental trial in

rq*\\

'outr/

Ip

(nar.

2). In 1964 it becanp a penrnrrcnt progrE4r (par . 2)"1n2008, tlre FSP changed its narp to SNAP,

ard it stopped issuing paper

.oupo*lp*.);

ls.\'

Ir, 2009 ,there were 3 8 million participants (par. 2).

SN,AP hefus fimilies by giving them an EBT. or Electnnic Beneft Tiansfer card (par. 15). These cards

canbe rsed like a debit card, and have a pre-progrcmed dollar arrourt on it to be used for resources

(par. 15). The average fimily Ets[ benefit card gets $290 a nmnth (par. 33). EBT cards canbe used in
over
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1

,000 retail stCIrss nationwide, rmst of them heing gocery stores (par. 25). Every $5.00 in

SNAP benefits provides $9.00 in community spending (par.26). Also, 3,000 firmjobs are proviCed
for er,e$ billion food itenx (par. 35). In order to receil,e SNAP benefts, a fimily'needs to have $2,000 in corxrtahle resources or less (par. 13). Horvever, honps and lots are not coruidered a

rNS

corntable resource {pa}. 13). Families also must reet tests ivith their goss and net

incorr

amowfis to

be eligfule to receive benefits (par. 13). SNAP hess finiilies beconp fuancially stable and gives

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sq:port to achieve self suffciency (par. 38), 5096 of all new participants leave the program after 9
montlrs (par.32).

A second srryport programto he$ with food

needs is The Ernergency Food Assistance

Progranl or TEFAP (par.40). TEFAP h a federalproggamthat he[rs low-inconp Anpricars by

ptuviding errcrgency food and nutrition at no cost Sar. 40). TEFAP u.as frst authorized in 1981 to gne swphrs foods to people (par. 54). It was designed to hep reduce food inventories the storage costs (par. 55). Now. tbod is bought liomthe Departnrent ofAgricuhrne (par. 56).They give it to tbod
banks, who then glve the food to orgpnizations hke fcrod pantries and sotp kitchens (par. 52).

A third support program to heS with food needs is tlre National School Lunch Prograrq or
NSCP (par. 60). With this program, over 101,000 public and non-proft private schools give
nutitionally balanced food to kids for no-cost or reduced-n.i..

fnu@1. If a school

participates, they

receive cash subsi'Cies and donated food fromthe USDA (United States Deparknent ofAgriculture) for
each npal sened lpar.

62).In order to receive these benefits, the schools' hmclres nreet the federal

requircrnents and the sclrool nu.st oflbr

a

tee

and reduced-price hmches

to low inconp kids (par. 62).lf

kid's f,rnnly is at 130% ofthe federalpoverty level, or a yearly inconre of $30,(15 or gls

,,+t-r

\----/

a year

for

a fimily

offour, they canrcceive free hmches (par. 64). Ifa kid's fimity

is between

130%-185% ofthe

federalpor,'erty ler,e[ or a yearly inconp ofup to 543,568 a year for a fimi$z of fow, they can receive reduced-price lunches (par. 6a).

NSLP

ssrves free and redr.rced-price h.urches to or.er 31 rnillion kids

each day, and lrave served aver 224 billion hnclres since the program started ( par. 73). These progparqlre$ millions ofAnrerjcans with food assistance every day. Witlrout these

ptogransthese people would starye. These people are dependent ontlrese programs, and ifwe were to

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take them awa),, they would be the ones to suffer.

Recent$, a new govenurrnt support proppamhas begun This is called ObamaCare, or the
Heafth Care RefonnAct (par.

1). It is at:r,trat:u,llrealthcare programwhose goal is to provide people

with access to afordable heahh insuance and to inprove heafthcare qualf.v (par. 1). The programis
also fiying to regulate the heafth inswance industry and reduce healthcare spending (par. 1). Rigfit now,

over 44 million people can't get heahh insurance, most ofthembeirg poor, working firulies or firnilies who just can't afford it (par. 8). Butwithtlie Afordable Healthcare Act, Medicare and Medicaid will

be expanded and lvill ofer cost assistance (par. 8). Betbre, people could be denied colerage and
ffeatnrent if they were sick (par. 7). They could also be charged rnore for being a wornar! or they could

be dropped mid-teatnrent for nraking an effor on their application (par.7). With ObanmCare. these

probbns will no longer occur (par" 14). Also, yorurg adults can stay on their parents insurance plan urtil
tlrey tum 26, atd,820z6 ofuninsured aduhs rvill quali$ for free or lou'cost insmance (par. 14). Along

with all ofthis, Medicaid will expand to up to 15.9 nrillion people below 138% of tlre poverty level, allowingrnillions ofuninsured people to get access to afordabb heahh insurance (par.

1{.

100 million people have already benefiued from ObarnaCare, and the nurnbers r.yill continue to
increase (par. 29). Witlrout this prograrnthere would be millbns ofpeople that have to live without health insrrance

{par.29). People who can aford it ate thanklirlto have it, so wlry should tlreytake it

away fromothers?

Clear$, tlrere are people in Arrerica who rvould like to refornr, or even cut the govemrnnt
support progralm. Manypeople think this because theybelieve that the people who need these programs should just get a job. Tlrey think that since the curent unerq:loyrrent rate ic
7

.5yo, getting a

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job

u,'ill hefo people

pin

responsfuility and self,respect while lowering the urenplol,mrent rate

('Welfire

Statistics"par.2). The tnrth is. that sonre people have jobs bnt stillneed these progranrs. For a Amily
rT'ith

2 kids, the federal poverly level is $23,283, r,vtile the aruual salary for soneone on udnimun wage

is only $15,080

('Five Things You Didn't Knon/' par. 7). Tlrat leaves a fimily, with a nrember on a

mininum liage job, dranratically below the pol,erly level, and still in need ofgovemnrent progranrs. Another reason sonr peopb want to ctil or rcform r*elfrre prograrns is because these

progralm take too nnrch nroney out of citizens' taxes. h2012, l2o/o oftaxes went to

safet_v

net

progralns to srpport struggling fimifies ("\frtrhere Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go?" par. 6). That was about $41 1 billion from all taxes collected (par 6.). People think that this nnney could be spent
elser.v'here, like

ow coutfiy's debt or nationaldefense (par. 7). Afthoughthis maybe true, this money

has had a huge trrpact in the lives of strugghng people. In just 2010, ttrese programs kept 25 nnllion

people outofpoverty(par. 8). Rig[*norv, the curentpovertyrate is 15.5% (par. 8). Withoutthese

plogrann, tlre poverlyrate would be about 28.6% (par. 8)" Tlmt's ahnost turice the current anrount.
These programs are he$ing whether r.ve see it or not. So the question we have to ask ourselves is, the pros outweigh the corrs?"

'Do

A third reason sonr people want to refoun or cut welfrre programs is because ttrey believe that
many people abuse these goverrrrnnt prografiN ('The lnvestigators" par. 3). Thi.s is because with

EBT carcls, people get a certain arrmurt ofmoney each rnonth on their card to use for resources (par.
1

1)" People

St",

take advantage ofthis by using their EBT cards to withdraw cash at ATMs

(par. I I ). Whatever money is left on their card at the end of the nronth rvill rollover to tlre next rnonth (par. 11). Peopb can take this rnoney and buy nearly anything with this scarn

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However, not allpeople abrse the welfire system These people would be the ones that would
be

hm

the rnost

iftlre govemnrent srpport prograills were refornred or cut. Eliminating tlrese

progtrans would be exfrenrely

some peoples' mistakes.

mfiir to those who need it. We shouHn't purish

everyone for just

In conchsion, I think that govenurrnt srryport programs shouH be kept becawe tlrey can

provile peopb inneed withhonrs, food" and heahhcare. Witlrout these programs, how manypeopb
wouH be living on the steets? How rnany people would go to sleep hrnlgr5n How nrany people would live in ftar of getting lurt, because they know they can't just need ttrcse prograns. They depend on thern

aftrd

the

teatnent? Peopb don't

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