SECTION 16. OTHER PROGRAMS *

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    * The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 

Act of 1996 changed several of these programs; see appendix L for 

details.


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CONTENTS

Overview
Food Stamp Program

• Administration, Program Variations, and Funding
• Eligibility
• Benefits
• Quality Control (QC)
• Interaction with Cash Assistance Programs
• Recipiency Rates
• Legislative History

Medicaid

• Eligibility
• Optional Coverage: The Medically Needy
• Medicaid and the Poor
• Services
• Financing
• Reimbursement Policy
• Administration
• Medicaid and Managed Care
• Legislative History
• Program Data Part 1
• Program Data Part 2
• Program Data Part 3

Federal Housing Assistance

• Types of Assistance
• Trends In Commitments and Programs

School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Job Training Partnership Act
Head Start
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)


• Background
• Program Components
• Allotments to States
• Eligibility and Types of Assistance
• Planning and Administration

Veterans Benefits and Services
Workers' Compensation
References

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