federal programs
National government efforts
Federal programs are initiatives established and funded by the national government to achieve policy goals—Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, federal student loans.
The term often appears in political debate, where expanding or cutting federal programs signals ideological stance: The candidate promised to slash federal programs and return power to the states.
- Head StartFederal early childhood services
- MedicaidPublic health coverage for poor
- safety netProtection against failure
- government assistanceState-provided support for citizens
- SNAPFederal nutrition assistance
food stamps · Pell Grants · student loans · tax credits · Social Security · FEMA · Section 8 · public housing · job training · WIC · Title IX · VA benefits · Medicare · AmeriCorps · Medicare
- School Administrationprincipals, vice principal, school boards, assistant principal, headmaster
- federal budgetappropriations, deficit, national budget, surplus, government spending
- public benefitssocial assistance, unemployment benefits, disability, health benefits, pension plan
- social welfaresocial welfare, welfare state, welfare checks, social insurance, welfare benefits
- public administrationadministrative law, government agencies, ministries, local government, county government
- public insuranceMedicare, Medicaid, FDIC, FEMA, VA benefits
federal programslocal initiatives
Programs started by neighbors
community programs · grassroots initiatives · local ordinances · local government · local services
federal programsprivate enterprise
Individually owned business operation
private sector · free market · commercial enterprises · privatization · laissez-faire
federal programsself-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
personal responsibility · self-help · individualism · rugged individualism · grassroots movements
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