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.

## Federal programs

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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

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* Puerto Rico portal

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

## External links

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* 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
* www.whitehouse.gov

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Contemporary social welfare programs in the United States

Transfer payments|

* Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
* Social Security
* Supplemental Security Income
* Social Security Disability Insurance
* Unemployment insurance

Public housing|

* Section 8 (housing)
* Office of Public and Indian Housing

Food|

* Commodity Supplemental Food Program
* Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
* WIC
* Child and Adult Care Food Program
* Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico
* School meal programs in the United States
* School Breakfast Program
* Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
* Summer Food Service Program
* Special Milk Program
* Nutrition Assistance Grants
* Reduced-price meal
* Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

Education|

* Head Start Program
* Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant

Health Insurance|

* Medicare
* Medicaid
* Children's Health Insurance Program

Grants & subsidies|

* Community Development Block Grant
* Community Services Block Grant
* Child care and development block grant
* HOME Investment Partnerships Program
* Housing trust fund
* Mutual self-help housing
* Single Family Housing Direct Home Loans (Section 502)
* NeighborWorks America
* Urban Partnership Bank
* HOPE VI
* Government National Mortgage Association
* FHA insured loan
* HUD Neighborhood Networks
* Renewal community
* Empowerment zone
* Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers
* Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
* Universal Service Fund (Lifeline)

State & territory|

* California
* New York
* Puerto Rico

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Welfare in North America

Sovereign states|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

Dependencies and
other territories

* Anguilla
* Aruba
* Bermuda
* Bonaire
* British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Curaçao
* Greenland
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Montserrat
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Martin
* Saint Pierre and Miquelon
* Saba
* Sint Eustatius
* Sint Maarten
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* United States Virgin Islands

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