Probate assets are assets that are transferred by testate or intestate succession. In trusts and estates law, probate assets differ from non-probate assets in that an individual owns probate assets in their sole name at their death. As a...
public benefits
public policy
In general, public policy refers to the concepts that underlie social rules, which are frequently unwritten and implemented through programs as a course of action established and/or legislated, generally by a...
Section 8
Section 8 refers to the Housing Choice Voucher Program, a federally funded program that seeks to help low-income families rent housing in the private market. The Housing Choice Voucher Program is administered at the federal level by the...
Social Security
Social Security is designed, as the title suggests, to provide security. In order to protect individuals from unforeseen catastrophes, the government spreads certain risks among all members of society so that no single family bears the full...
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a federal program in the United States that pays benefits to injured and disabled workers and certain members of their families if the worker is “insured,” meaning they have worked for a required...
SSA
See: Social Security Administration
[Last updated in September of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]
SSDI
Social Security Disability Insurance (called SSD or SSDI) is a benefit system that distributes monthly income to individuals who are disabled and have paid a certain level of Social Security taxes. In order to qualify, a person must meet the...
SSI
Abbreviation, Supplemental Security Income.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest Federal food assistance program, codified at 7 U.S. 51 and replacing the food stamp program. SNAP gives aid to low-income individuals and families with the majority of...
Supplemental Security Income
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a needs-based welfare program provided by the U.S. government to the elderly, blind, or disabled. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq. SSI provides money to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter....