Best Federal Government Programs in the United States
A healthcare program for low-income people.
A health insurance program for seniors who paid into the system as workers.
A social insurance program for workers who retire or become disabled.
The largest biomedical research institution on Earth, the NIH is responsible for countless medical innovations and breakthroughs.
Formerly called the Food Stamp Program, SNAP provides food assistance to low-income Americans.
One of the most abused of federal programs.
The Head Start program provides early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families.
This program provides food assistance to poor people around the world.
This program offers grants to low-income students to help them pay for college.
Also called Section 8, this program helps low-income people pay their rent to private landlords.
The EITC is a refundable tax credit for low and moderate-income workers, particularly those with children.
This historic program only lasted a few years, but it successfully put man on the moon for the first time - in fact, it sent 12 men to the moon.
This program provides low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified (usually low-income) students.