Belly35;1576402 wrote:this conversation was about a specified group the poor on welfare entitlement, not veterans, medicaid , medicare, social security, disabled..... That specified group that have been dependent on the federal program of welfare for years. Food, bill paying, project housing, medical perfectly healthy individual but to lazy to work, to dependent on government to try. Producing nothing to benefit society but taking want some other needy individual would prosper from. That is poor on poor greed..
gosh now you're specifying your hatred of those in need. It is usually more generalized. It believe All Americans should be clothed, fed, housed and provided with healthcare. Now for the families you hate so much, not surprisingly most of them are from ethnic minorities.
TANF Families
The average monthly number of TANF families was 1,847,155 in FY 2010. The estimated average monthly number of TANF recipients was 1,084,828 adults and 3,280,153 children.
Ohio ranked third with a monthly average of 103, 000.
The average number of persons in TANF families was 2.4, including an average of 1.8 recipient children
Less than eight percent of families had more than three children. The average number of children in closed-case families was 1.8.
Almost half of TANF families had no adult recipients. About 49 percent of TANF families had only one adult recipient, and 5 percent included two or more adult recipients.
Eighty-two percent of TANF families received SNAP benefits in FY 2010, which is consistent with previous levels. These families received average monthly SNAP benefits of $378. In addition, 97 percent of TANF families received medical assistance in FY 2010. Of closed-case families, 81 percent received SNAP benefits in the month of closure and 95 percent received medical assistance in the month of closure.
2010 families 31.8% white. 31.9% black 30% Hispanic
Most TANF adult recipients were women, as men only represented 14.8 percent of adult recipients. Ninety percent of adult recipients were the head of the household. There were about 94,800 teen parents whose child also was a member of the TANF family, representing 12 percent of recipients aged 13-19. Fourteen percent of adult recipients were married and living together. The number of married adult recipients was low because many States moved two-parent families to SSF or SSP-MOE programs.
In FY 2010, work participation was mandatory for three of every five adult recipients. Overall, 41.6 percent of all TANF adult recipients participated in some type of work activity during the reporting month. Eleven percent of TANF adult recipients met work activity requirements by either being a teen parent attending school or being a single parent with a child under 6 participating for 20 hours per week (parents with children ages 6 and over are required to participate for 30 hours per week). Additionally, ten percent of adult recipients were disregarded from work participation because they were single custodial parents with a child less than 12 months old. 1.6 percent were exempt because of a sanction, 12.6 percent were exempt because of a good cause exception (e.g., disabled, in poor health, or other), and two percent of adult recipients were exempt from the work participation requirements because they were single custodial parents with a child under age six who did not have access to child care
Among all TANF adult recipients twenty-nine percent worked in unsubsidized or subsidized jobs, 10.9 percent were engaged in job training or educational activities, 8.1 percent participated in job search activities, and another 4.1 percent were engaged in other statutorily listed work activities. Some TANF adults were involved in two or three work activities. Those participating did so for an average of 23.3 hours per week, and some adults participated even though they were work exempt.
TANF Children
More than seventy four percent of recipient children were under 11 year-old. Sixteen percent under two years of age, while 28 percent were between the ages of two and five. Less than 10 percent of the children were 16 years of age or older
The average monthly amount of assistance for TANF recipient families was $392 in FY 2010. Monthly cash payments to TANF families averaged $327 for one child, $412 for two children, $497 for three children, and $594 for four or more children. Some TANF families who were not employed received other forms of assistance such as child care, transportation and other supportive services.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/resource/character/fy2010/fy2010-chap10-ys-final
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ull up the ladder of opportunity” the ladder of education should be raised from Elementary thru High school. Those who wishes to achieve and prosper for this higher standard will, those that can’t reach those higher standards will still be better prepared for the work force and those that wished to piss away the “free” of public education … will learn that “opportunity” to achieve was “free” .
In fact, it's the 86%. After you add veteran benefits and college assistance, 70% of individuals -- and 86% of households -- receive a government benefit of some kind. Put differently, one in seven households doesn't receive assistance from the federal government.