WEBVTT 00:06.366 --> 00:06.500 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% W 00:07.366 --> 00:09.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SERIES, AMERICA'S SAFETY NET ON 00:09.033 --> 00:10.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE COMPLICATED WEB OF PROGRAMS 00:10.833 --> 00:12.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MEANT TO HELP AMERICANS IN NEED. 00:12.566 --> 00:15.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE WILL TAKE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT 00:15.133 --> 00:16.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF WELFARE 00:16.100 --> 00:19.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND THE U.S. BUT FIRST WITH OUR 00:19.133 --> 00:21.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PRODUCER WE WILL SPEND SOME TIME 00:21.233 --> 00:22.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EXPLAINING WHAT THE AMERICAN 00:22.066 --> 00:23.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% SOCIAL SAFETY NET IS. 00:23.900 --> 00:25.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHO IT SERVES AND HOW IT CAME TO 00:25.500 --> 00:28.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOOK AWAY THAT IT DOES TODAY. 00:28.700 --> 00:30.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THE YEAR WAS 1935. 00:30.500 --> 00:32.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE U.S. WAS STILL STRUGGLING 00:32.166 --> 00:34.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION. 00:34.333 --> 00:36.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION WAS 00:36.533 --> 00:38.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JUST UNEMPLOYED, A LEVEL NOT 00:38.766 --> 00:39.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SEEN BEFORE AND HAS NOT SEEN 00:39.466 --> 00:42.966 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% SINCE. 00:42.966 --> 00:46.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT AUGUST, AS PART OF HIS NEW 00:46.000 --> 00:47.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DEAL, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SIGNED 00:47.366 --> 00:48.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT INTO 00:48.033 --> 00:52.533 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% LAW. 00:52.533 --> 00:53.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN ADDITION TO THE RETIREMENT 00:53.966 --> 00:56.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BENEFITS IT IS KNOWN FOR COME OF 00:56.366 --> 00:57.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE LAW LAID A FOUNDATION FOR 00:57.200 --> 00:58.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN 00:58.133 --> 01:00.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROGRAMS LIKE UNEMPLOYMENT 01:00.400 --> 01:03.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INSURANCE AND CASH ASSISTANCE 01:03.300 --> 01:04.133 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% FOR FAMILIES. 01:04.133 --> 01:05.066 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ROOSEVELT CALLED IT A 01:05.066 --> 01:05.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CORNERSTONE IN A STRUCTURE BEING 01:05.933 --> 01:06.866 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% BUILT BUT NOT COMPLETE. 01:06.866 --> 01:11.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WE HAVE TRIED TO FRAME A LAW 01:11.200 --> 01:13.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHICH WILL GIVE SOME MEASURE OF 01:13.333 --> 01:15.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROTECTION TO THE AVERAGE 01:15.066 --> 01:16.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% CITIZEN AND HIS FAMILY. 01:16.033 --> 01:20.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOFF: IN THE NEARLY 90 YEARS 01:20.333 --> 01:21.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SINCE ROOSEVELT SIGNED THE LAW 01:21.933 --> 01:24.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON AND 01:24.200 --> 01:25.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ARGUED 01:25.133 --> 01:26.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ABOUT THE BEST WAYS TO HELP 01:26.933 --> 01:29.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AMERICANS THAT LIVE IN AND NEAR 01:29.000 --> 01:29.966 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% POVERTY. 01:29.966 --> 01:31.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE DISAGREEMENTS HAVE RANGED 01:31.333 --> 01:33.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FROM THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF THE 01:33.066 --> 01:35.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ASSISTANCE TO HOW MUCH IT SHOULD 01:35.100 --> 01:36.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BE TIED TO WORK REQUIREMENTS AND 01:36.733 --> 01:39.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HOW POVERTY ITSELF IS DEFINED 01:39.300 --> 01:40.266 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% AND MEASURED. 01:40.266 --> 01:44.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DURING HIS STATE OF THE UNION IN 01:44.366 --> 01:45.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% 1964, PRESIDENT JOHNSON 01:45.566 --> 01:46.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ANNOUNCED AN UNCONDITIONAL WAR 01:46.466 --> 01:48.933 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ON POVERTY IN AMERICA. 01:48.933 --> 01:51.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> OUR AIM IS NOT ONLY TO 01:51.100 --> 01:52.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RELIEVE THE SYMPTOM OF POVERTY 01:52.233 --> 01:57.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT TO CURE IT AND TWO ABOVE 01:57.066 --> 01:58.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ALL PREVENT IT. 01:58.066 --> 02:02.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOFF: JOHNSON'S WAR INCLUDED 02:02.266 --> 02:02.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE CREATION OF MEDICARE AND 02:02.933 --> 02:03.900 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% MEDICAID. 02:03.900 --> 02:07.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A PERMANENT FOODSTUFF PROGRAM 02:07.866 --> 02:08.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% KNOWN AS SNAP AND THE EXPANSION 02:08.666 --> 02:10.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% OF SOCIAL SECURITY. 02:10.500 --> 02:11.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, THE 02:11.933 --> 02:13.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOVERNMENT CAME UP WITH A 02:13.166 --> 02:16.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% UNIFORM WAY TO MEASURE POVERTY. 02:16.133 --> 02:17.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COMPARING A FAMILY'S INCOME 02:17.100 --> 02:19.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AGAINST A NATIONAL THRESHOLD. 02:19.700 --> 02:24.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN 1959 POVERTY RATE SAT AT 22%. 02:24.266 --> 02:25.300 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% IN 1973, 11%. 02:25.300 --> 02:29.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THERE IT WAS IN 2022. 02:29.333 --> 02:31.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITH ALMOST 40 MILLION AMERICANS 02:31.733 --> 02:32.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% IN POVERTY. 02:32.700 --> 02:33.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE MEASURE IS CONSIDERED 02:33.500 --> 02:34.400 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% IMPERFECT. 02:34.400 --> 02:37.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOME SAY THE POVERTY LINE, 02:37.633 --> 02:39.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% $31,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS 02:39.066 --> 02:40.533 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% TOO LOW. 02:40.533 --> 02:42.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THERE ARE OTHER MEASURES THAT 02:42.100 --> 02:43.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ACCOUNT FOR THINGS LIKE 02:43.566 --> 02:45.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOGRAPHY, COST-OF-LIVING, 02:45.700 --> 02:46.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% CONSUMPTION OR HOW MUCH 02:46.900 --> 02:48.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE A FAMILY 02:48.766 --> 02:51.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GETS NO MATTER HOW IT IS 02:51.533 --> 02:52.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MEASURED, POVERTY IS OFTEN 02:52.500 --> 02:54.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MISUNDERSTOOD SAYS A CORNELL 02:54.733 --> 02:57.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR. 02:57.133 --> 02:59.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WE THINK ABOUT POVERTY AS 02:59.166 --> 03:00.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MORE LIMITED THAN IT ACTUALLY 03:00.333 --> 03:01.266 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% IS. 03:01.266 --> 03:03.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE CAN TELL 03:03.566 --> 03:05.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OURSELVES THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN 03:05.200 --> 03:06.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POVERTY ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN 03:06.633 --> 03:08.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT. 03:08.266 --> 03:10.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AB THERE ARE SOME THINGS WRONG 03:10.100 --> 03:11.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% WITH THEM. 03:11.066 --> 03:13.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A REALITY IS THAT IF WE TAKE A 03:13.800 --> 03:16.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE, A 03:16.200 --> 03:18.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MAJORITY OF AMERICANS, SOMETHING 03:18.666 --> 03:23.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% APPROACHING 60%, WILL EXPERIENCE 03:23.133 --> 03:25.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POVERTY AT SOME POINT IN THEIR 03:25.300 --> 03:26.000 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% LIFETIME. 03:26.000 --> 03:27.366 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% MOST PEOPLE -- 03:27.366 --> 03:32.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GEOFF: 60% OR HIGHER. 03:33.100 --> 03:33.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% IS THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET 03:33.733 --> 03:35.500 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ADEQUATE? 03:35.500 --> 03:36.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WHAT I WOULD SAY FROM MY 03:36.800 --> 03:40.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PERSPECTIVE IS A RESOUNDING NO. 03:40.266 --> 03:41.233 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >> I WOULD ANSWER YES. 03:41.233 --> 03:45.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOFF: A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE 03:45.700 --> 03:46.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE 03:46.633 --> 03:48.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INSTITUTE HAS A DIFFERENT VIEW. 03:48.666 --> 03:50.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% HE CREATED THIS CHART OF 03:50.100 --> 03:51.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% PROGRAMS FOD AID TO 03:51.633 --> 03:53.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HOUSING TO HEALTH CARE THAT 03:53.933 --> 03:54.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHOWS THE COMPLEXITY OF THE 03:54.800 --> 03:55.933 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% SAFETY NET. 03:55.933 --> 03:57.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HE SAYS IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO 03:57.833 --> 03:59.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TRACK THE SUCCESS OF SPECIFIC 03:59.400 --> 04:00.800 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% PROGRAMS BUT -- 04:00.800 --> 04:03.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> IF YOU LOOK AT NUANCED 04:03.000 --> 04:05.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POVERTY MEASURES THAT COUNT THE 04:05.633 --> 04:08.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ASSISTANCE THAT FAMILIES HAVE 04:08.000 --> 04:09.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FROM WORK, RELATIVES, OWNING 04:09.566 --> 04:11.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEIR OWN HOMES, THE LEVEL OF 04:11.933 --> 04:13.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POVERTY AND THE U.S. HAS DROPPED 04:13.266 --> 04:14.166 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% TO A LOW LEVEL. 04:14.166 --> 04:16.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOFF: AS A CONGRESSIONAL 04:16.433 --> 04:20.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STAFFER HE HELPED DRAFT THE 04:20.000 --> 04:21.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LANDMARK WELFARE REFORM LAW IN 04:21.933 --> 04:23.300 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% THE 1990'S. 04:23.300 --> 04:25.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE LEGISLATION FOLLOWED YEARS 04:25.266 --> 04:26.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF ANTI-WELFARE SENTIMENT DRIVEN 04:26.733 --> 04:28.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BY PERCEPTIONS OF RAMPANT ABUSE. 04:28.700 --> 04:31.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS, 04:31.333 --> 04:34.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RONALD REAGAN POPULARIZED THE 04:34.133 --> 04:37.500 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% STEREOTYPE. 04:37.500 --> 04:39.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BY 1994, THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS 04:39.933 --> 04:40.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RECEIVING CASH ASSISTANCE 04:40.933 --> 04:43.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REACHED ITS PEAK AT 14 MILLION. 04:43.700 --> 04:47.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN 1996 AFTER A PLEDGE TO END 04:47.333 --> 04:49.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT, PRESIDENT 04:49.133 --> 04:50.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CLINTON STRUCK A DEAL WITH 04:50.200 --> 04:52.666 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS. 04:52.666 --> 04:54.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT REPLACE THE CASH ASSISTANCE 04:54.566 --> 04:55.933 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% PROGRAM WITH TEMPORARY 04:55.933 --> 04:58.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. 04:58.233 --> 05:00.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT IMPOSED TIME LIMITS AND WORK 05:00.566 --> 05:01.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REQUIREMENTS AND MADE STATES 05:01.700 --> 05:02.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTING 05:02.366 --> 05:03.566 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% MONEY. 05:03.566 --> 05:05.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES ON 05:05.966 --> 05:06.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% WELFARE PLUMMETED. 05:06.900 --> 05:09.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN THE YEARS SINCE, DEBATES HAVE 05:09.333 --> 05:10.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CONTINUED OVER THE SIZE AND 05:10.233 --> 05:13.066 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% SHAPE OF THE SAFETY NET. 05:13.066 --> 05:15.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> I MUCH MORE SUPPORTIVE OF A 05:15.100 --> 05:16.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WORK BASED SAFETY NET INCLUDING 05:16.866 --> 05:17.833 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE 05:17.833 --> 05:21.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AMERICAN PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT. 05:21.100 --> 05:22.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE 05:22.300 --> 05:23.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AMERICAN DREAM AS SOMETHING 05:23.233 --> 05:24.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHERE THE GOVERNMENT GIVES YOU A 05:24.800 --> 05:26.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BIG ENOUGH CHECK THAT YOU CAN 05:26.933 --> 05:27.900 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% AVOID WORKING. 05:27.900 --> 05:29.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY UNDERSTAND IT AS HELPING 05:29.266 --> 05:30.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PEOPLE GO TO WORK AND LIFT THEIR 05:30.400 --> 05:32.500 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% FAMILY. 05:32.500 --> 05:34.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE 05:34.200 --> 05:36.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SAFETY NET ABOUT WHAT IT IS 05:36.000 --> 05:37.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ABOUT WITCHES SUPPORTING PEOPLE 05:37.766 --> 05:40.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% AND -- IN TIMES OF NEED. 05:40.033 --> 05:43.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHEN WE TRY TO MAKE IT ABOUT 05:43.333 --> 05:45.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MAKING PEOPLE WORK, CAN END UP 05:45.333 --> 05:46.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH THE 05:46.300 --> 05:48.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SUPPORT THEY NEED, IRONICALLY 05:48.533 --> 05:50.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITH THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO 05:50.933 --> 05:51.833 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% WORK. 05:51.833 --> 05:52.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OFTEN THEY WANT TO DO THAT 05:52.800 --> 05:54.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BECAUSE THERE IS SOME SORT OF 05:54.333 --> 05:55.266 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% PRINCIPAL. 05:55.266 --> 05:56.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE WANT TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE 05:56.233 --> 05:58.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOT MOOCHING OFF THE STATE OR 05:58.600 --> 05:59.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOT WORKING SUFFICIENTLY HARD. 05:59.533 --> 06:03.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOFF: THE BENEFITS ARE TAXPAYER 06:03.300 --> 06:05.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - -ARE TAXPAYER FUNDED. 06:05.333 --> 06:08.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> BUT TO BE FAIR, PEOPLE LIVING 06:08.533 --> 06:10.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NEAR POVERTY PAY TAXES ALSO. 06:10.733 --> 06:13.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MANY OF US ARE PAYING INTO THE 06:13.333 --> 06:15.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SAFETY NET SYSTEM AND MANY OF US 06:15.333 --> 06:16.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WILL DRAW OUT OF IT IN OUR TIME 06:16.266 --> 06:17.233 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% OF NEED. 06:17.233 --> 06:21.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOFF: BEFORE THE PANDEMIC 30% 06:22.466 --> 06:23.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF THE POPULATION USED AT LEAST 06:23.433 --> 06:25.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ONE OF THE COUNTRIES HE SAFETY 06:25.266 --> 06:26.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% NET PROGRAMS. 06:26.200 --> 06:27.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALTOGETHER THE PROGRAMS COST THE 06:27.666 --> 06:30.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WELL OVER 700 06:30.700 --> 06:31.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BILLION DOLLARS AND THAT DOES 06:31.666 --> 06:33.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOT INCLUDE ALL THE MONEY FOR 06:33.633 --> 06:34.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THINGS LIKE THE AFFORDABLE CARE 06:34.566 --> 06:39.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ACT WHICH HELPS TENS OF MILLIONS 06:39.133 --> 06:40.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF AMERICANS ACCESS HEALTH CARE. 06:40.766 --> 06:42.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED IT IN 06:42.366 --> 06:44.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 2010 AND IT REPRESENTED THE 06:44.166 --> 06:46.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LARGEST EXPANSION OF THE SAFETY 06:46.233 --> 06:47.166 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% NET IN DECADES. 06:47.166 --> 06:50.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DESPITE WELFARE'S REACH, ALMOST 06:50.533 --> 06:51.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HALF OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS 06:51.500 --> 06:52.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND 06:52.433 --> 06:55.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE NUMBER IS HIGHER AMONG BLACK 06:55.333 --> 06:56.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% AND BROWN HOUSEHOLDS. 06:56.300 --> 06:57.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OVER THE COMING WEEKS, WE WILL 06:57.733 --> 06:58.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BRING YOU THE STORIES OF THOSE 06:58.933 --> 07:00.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FAMILIES AND SHOW YOU WHAT IT IS 07:00.966 --> 07:02.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LIKE TO NAVIGATE AMERICA'S 07:02.400 --> 07:05.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INCREASINGLY COMPLEX SAFETY NET. 07:05.066 --> 07:06.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE EXPLORE WHITE UP TO HALF OF 07:06.333 --> 07:08.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS 07:08.100 --> 07:09.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% NOT RECEIVE THEM. 07:09.133 --> 07:12.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> IT IS VERY TIME-CONSUMING. 07:12.500 --> 07:14.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY WANT TO KNOW EVERY LITTLE 07:14.933 --> 07:15.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% PENNY AND CHANGE IN YOUR 07:15.633 --> 07:16.600 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% CIRCUMSTANCE. 07:16.600 --> 07:18.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND ANYTHING COULD AFFECT YOU. 07:18.266 --> 07:21.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOFF: WHY IT IS SO HARD TO 07:21.833 --> 07:25.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ACCESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE, HOW 07:25.533 --> 07:26.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BENEFITS EXPANDED DRAMATICALLY 07:26.466 --> 07:29.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DURING THE PANDEMIC AND PROPERLY 07:29.933 --> 07:31.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - - AND POVERTY PLUNGED ONLY TO 07:31.433 --> 07:32.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REBOUND WHEN THE POLICIES 07:32.166 --> 07:33.433 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% EXPIRED. 07:33.433 --> 07:36.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> I FELT LIKE SOMEONE FELT OUR 07:36.900 --> 07:38.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PAIN AND THEN THEY FORGOT ALL OF 07:38.266 --> 07:39.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT AND WE WERE HUNG OUT TO DRY. 07:39.233 --> 07:42.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOFF: AND WHAT WORKS AND DOES 07:42.500 --> 07:45.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOT WHEN IT COMES TO ALLEVIATING 07:45.066 --> 07:46.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOOD INSECURITY NATIONWIDE. 07:46.133 --> 07:48.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> I WAS DIGGING THROUGH MY 07:48.933 --> 07:51.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PURSE TO FIND TWO PENNIES TO PAY 07:51.133 --> 07:51.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THE REST OF MY SNAP. 07:51.900 --> 07:55.933 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I FELT LIKE TRASH. 07:55.933 --> 07:57.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LIKE I AM JUST NOTHING TO THIS 07:57.533 --> 07:58.466 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% COUNTRY. 07:58.466 --> 08:02.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GEOFF: THIS AS PBS NEWSHOUR HAS 08:03.766 --> 08:04.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OUR SPECIAL SERIES, AMERICA'S 08:04.566 --> 08:05.533 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% SAFETY NET. 08:05.533 --> 08:07.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND YOU CAN WATCH MORE STORIES 08:07.233 --> 08:08.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ON THE SAFETY NET ON MONDAYS ON 08:08.733 --> 08:09.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% THE NEWSHOUR AND C