Americorps VISTA
The AmeriCorps VISTA program was designed to fight poverty across the United States of America. The initial idea for this program was brainstormed by John F. Kennedy.
The population has aged, so the program costs the government more to run.
The war on poverty.
The war on poverty was not a military engagement- it refers to the new federal programs designed to combat poverty under the Lyndon Johnson administration. I can't think of any previous programs of similar nature that were called wars. Since then there is the war on drugs.
peace corps
The Contract with America was the Republican 104th Congress program to eliminate government waste.
Program made by the U.S. government to aid families in poverty; by giving them money, for the number of children they have.
Well, here's one way of looking at it: 2,000 years ago, Jesus Christ said: "The poor will always be with you". If that didn't change for 2,000 years, did you really think a government program would do it in 50?
Instituting a welfare program for the poor called Bolsa Familia. It's one of the most effective poverty reduction programs in the world.
The program was designed to send money from the Federal Government to the states.
Most notabely the Australian government is the Black Spot program, which basically is a program designed to invest money in the worst section of roads in te nation. The program is actually designed to be an investment, the cost of fixing a black spot is cheaper than the cost of associated with the crashes on the road...
It is a poverty alleviating program of the central government of India. It was launched in the 150 most backward districts of India where foodgrains are distributed to the rural poor who return the favour by offering unskilled labour.