Popular US Government Programs Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of EducationPublished:Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:27:30 GMT
Washington, 11 January (WashingtonTV)—Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman said on Sunday that the Iranian government, embroiled in protests across the country, appeared to......
Published:Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:18:07 GMT
A new salesman showed up at the Detroit auto show Monday to make a pitch on behalf of the new owners of General Motors and Chrysler: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.......
Published:Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:43:51 GMT
Economist Robert Shiller recommends that the US government begin to sell claims on fractions of Gross Domestic Product. See just how badly his collectivist thinking misleads him.......
Published:Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:38:38 GMT
WASHINGTON - The US economy lost 85,000 jobs in December while the unemployment rate held at 10.0 percent, the government said on Friday in a report highlighting a slow and painfu......
Published:Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:21:48 GMT
HONG KONG - US SOLAR thermal power company eSolar, whose investors include Google Inc, said it has reached a deal with a Chinese power equipment maker to build a 2,000 megawatt (M......
U.S. Government Benefits
There are 19 categories of U.S. Government benefits that are available to assist you with meeting your everyday living requirements. The GovBenefits.gov website is a very useful tool that allows you to search for government benefits that you might be able to receive. The site offers both federal and state benefit programs. The site is free and you are able to use it as often as you need.
The current federal benefit list consists of 406 programs from 28 federal agency contributors. The number of agency programs varies from one to 96. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides the majority of the benefit programs.
The Department of Health and Human Services administers some of the most well known benefit programs like Medicaid and Medicare. In addition to these popular programs, HHS provides assistance programs for child care, alcohol and drug programs, family planning, health services, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and refugee assistance.
The U.S. Department of Education has over 50 benefit and assistance programs. As you would think, these programs are targeted toward providing financial assistance to students and improving educational opportunities. The Federal Pell Grants and Federal Perkins Loan Program are two popular programs that help students with college tuition. In addition to the educational programs, the Education department also provides independent living grants for individuals with disabilities.
There are 48 benefit programs available to Veterans through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. These benefits include medical care, nursing services, counseling, insurance, burial benefits, education and home loans.
Both the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have over 30 benefit and assistance programs. Most of the USDA programs benefit farmers and other agricultural producers. These programs provide farmers with crop insurance and emergency loans. In addition to agriculture programs, the USDA allows administers the Food Stamp and Summer Food Service Programs as well as habitat and watershed protection.
The HUD programs help you with housing and home mortgages. These programs include Fair Housing Initiatives, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured home mortgages, HUD Homes for Sale, public housing assistance, and Hope for Homeowners. Hope for Homeowners is a new program for people at risk of losing their home due to default and foreclosure. The program provides new, 30-year, fixed rate mortgages insured by the FHA.
