Welfare in Puerto Rico

Public welfare in Puerto Rico is a system of nutrition assistance, public health, education, and subsidized public housing, among others, provided to the impoverished population of the island. It is mainly funded by United States Federal assistance and by local government funds.

Federal aid

According to the Consolidated Federal Funds Report compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2010 Puerto Rico received over $21 billion in federal expenditures from the United States.

Federal programs

The following programs are provided by the U.S. Federal government in Puerto Rico:

• Head Start Program
• USDA Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico (Programa de Asistencia Nutricional)
• Section 8 (housing)
• USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing
• Community Development Block Grant
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
• USDA Rural Development programs

See also

• Economy of Puerto Rico
• Welfare in New York
• Welfare in California

External links

• Puerto Rico Government homepage
• Benefits.gov Benefits Report on Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico.
• Social Security Administration webpage with information on SSI
• The Social Security Act
  • Title XVI in particular
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/detail.10003011.2005.html

References

• Congressional Budget Office report for Senate Finance Committee, on "the Effects of Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage Versus Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit" (January 9, 2007)
• The Earned Income Tax Credit at Age 30: What We Know, Steve Holt, the Brookings Institution