April
Updated the SNAP and Medicaid Pages.
March
Updated the History of Welfare Page.
Updated the entire website for fiscal year 2023 Federal welfare expenditures.
February 2024
Added a new article – The experts have made a homelessness trap.
Updated the Work For Welfare, Welfare Issues, Homelessness, and Housing First Pages.
January 2024
Added a new article summarizing five startling poverty facts every American should know.
December 2023
Updated the Welfare Ethics and Welfare Cost Savings Pages.
November 2023
Updated the Living Wage, Welfare Public Opinion, and Universal Basic Income Pages.
October 2023
Updated the Purpose of Welfare and History of Welfare Pages. Added new article – CTC expansion – The Old Bait and Switch
September 2023
Updated the U.S. Poverty Statistics, Poverty Threshold, Poverty and Spending Over the Years, Poverty Gap, and Poverty Line Pages for the Census Bureau 2022 poverty data released September 11, 2023.
Updated the State and Local Welfare Spending Page.
August 2023
Updated the TANF, LIHEAP, Pell Grant, and Head Start and Child Care Program Pages.
July 2023
Updated the Lifeline Program Page.
June 2023
Updated the Welfare Fraud, Child Nutrition, WIC, Job Training, and SSI Program Pages.
May 2023
Updated the Welfare Examples and Housing Assistance Pages.
April 2023
Updated the Medicaid, Refundable Tax Credits, and SNAP pages.
March 2023
Updated the entire website for fiscal year 2022 spending numbers.
Added a new page – Housing First. Is Housing First the “proved way” to solve homelessness, or is it exacerbating drug and alcohol addiction?
Added new report on welfare spending growth.
February 2023
Updated the Homelessness and Social Safety Net Pages.
January 2023
Updated the Work For Welfare and Negative Income Tax Page. Added new blog – Covid and Work
December 2022
Updated the Universal Basic Income Page. Added new blog – gifts to the poor.
November 2022
Updated the Welfare Public Opinion Page.
September 2022
Updated the Poverty Statistics and Poverty And Spending Over The Years pages to the new Census Bureau Poverty Report issued in September 2022.
August 2022
Updated the Living Wage and LIHEAP Pages.
July 2022
Updated the WIC Program, Job Training, and Head Start and Child Care Programs.
June 2022
Updated the Child Nutrition Program Page.
May 2022
Added a new page – Welfare History
Added a new page – Purpose of Welfare. Is the purpose to solve poverty or make lives more comfortable?
Added quotes from Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and James Madison to Poverty Quotes Page.
Updated the TANF, Pell Grant Program, Welfare Fraud Page, and the Welfare Examples Page.
The U.S. Welfare Programs Page was updated to present in summary of the entire welfare system of the United States. An interesting table comparing qualifications and benefits between all programs was added. Check it out!
March and April 2022
FederalSafetyNet.com was converted to a new website builder – Word Press. The site has a new look, better security, and more horsepower. Thanks for your patience during the conversion!