Social Welfare
Social welfare is the domain of public support for people whose circumstances — disability, age, unemployment, family responsibilities, housing instability — put them outside what the labor market alone provides. SNAP, TANF, SSI, SSDI, housing assistance (Section 8, public housing), Medicaid (where it functions as social insurance rather than as health policy proper), unemployment insurance, the EITC, child tax credits. The PA-3 analysis will look at the layered federal/state/county/municipal architecture and at how it actually operates for residents who try to use it.
Six ways into this domain
Meet the neighborsProfiles from PA-3 · start here if you're new
Profiles of PA-3 residents whose lived experience illustrates the structural findings in this domain. Names and neighborhoods at the resident's discretion.
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Verify & contributeTest claims · correct · draft
Every finding here can be checked. Walk through sources, propose a correction, draft sub-domain analysis, or submit policy language.
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What changed recently
Recent changes affecting this domain — external events (legislation, court decisions, rate updates) and internal contributions, with dates.
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The gaps
Where formal architecture and operational reality diverge in PA-3 — under-resourcing, discretionary implementation, statutory ambiguity, capture.
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Sub-domains
Specific instruments within this domain — particular taxes, programs, agencies, statutes — analyzed in depth.
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The law itself
The legal chain behind this domain — federal, state, and local — with plain-language framing and direct links to authoritative texts.
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This domain is planned. The cards above describe what each entry path will contain once the analysis is written. The structure exists; the content will follow.