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Public welfare in Puerto Rico is a system of nutrition assistance, public health, education, and subsidized public housing, among others, provided to the impoverished population of the island.

Federal programs

The following programs are provided by the U.S. Federal government in Puerto Rico:

Contemporary social welfare programs in the United States
Transfer payments	Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Social Security Supplemental Security Income Social Security Disability Insurance Unemployment insurance
Public housing	Section 8 (housing) Office of Public and Indian Housing
Food	Commodity Supplemental Food Program Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program WIC Child and Adult Care Food Program Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico School meal programs in the United States School Breakfast Program Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Summer Food Service Program Special Milk Program Nutrition Assistance Grants Reduced-price meal Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
Education	Head Start Program Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
Health Insurance	Medicare Medicaid Children's Health Insurance Program
Grants & subsidies	Community Development Block Grant Community Services Block Grant Child care and development block grant HOME Investment Partnerships Program Housing trust fund Mutual self-help housing Single Family Housing Direct Home Loans (Section 502) NeighborWorks America Urban Partnership Bank HOPE VI Government National Mortgage Association FHA insured loan HUD Neighborhood Networks Renewal community Empowerment zone Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Lifeline
State & territory	California New York Puerto Rico

Welfare in North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands