id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6050 Social programs in the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 9366 1097 61 Not including Social Security and Medicare, Congress allocated almost $717 billion in federal funds in 2010 plus $210 billion was allocated in state funds ($927 billion total) for means tested welfare programs in the United States, of which half was for medical care and roughly 40% for cash, food and housing assistance. Some of these programs include funding for public schools, job training, SSI benefits and medicaid.[6] As of 2011[update], the public social spending-to-GDP ratio in the United States was below the OECD average.[7] Roughly half of this welfare assistance, or $462 billion went to families with children, most of which are led by single parents.[8] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6050.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6050.txt