In the United States, social assistance payments are made every month. There are several programs that benefit eligible individuals, such as SNAP and Social Security.
However, these are not the only programs that are linked to helping people in need. According to official data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), approximately 65 million people depend on social assistance programs in the United States. Of that total, almost 40 million people benefit from the aforementioned Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Among social assistance, in addition to SNAP, there is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Medicaid. With this financial assistance, families can buy food, pay their necessary expenses and have low-cost medical services.
It is clear that all these programs are federal, but each state administers the funds and distributes them in the best way possible. Each area of the country has a different lifestyle, which is also reflected in a cost, hence the help varies.
California leads aid
If we talk about SNAP benefits, California leads the group with an incredible number of 1,911,000 benefited households. It is closely followed by Florida, with 1,632,000 and Texas, with 1,595,000. While New York and Pennsylvania round out the top five, this emphasizes the correlation between high-population states and the prevalence of welfare recipients.
Meanwhile, California has 237,614 TANF beneficiaries and 13,812,733 of its inhabitants are enrolled in Medicaid. In the following way, you can determine which states in the country send the greatest amount of money, according to their per capita income.
1-New York: leads the table with approximately $4,119 USD per capita in local welfare spending.
2-Alaska: spends $3,729 USD per capita.
3-Massachusetts: approximately $3,657 USD per capita.
4-New Mexico: state and local welfare spending per capita of $3,488 USD.
5-California: $3,403 USD per capita.
