Author Question: There are differences between a program funded by the government and a policy formed and funded by ... (Read 107 times)

Chelseaamend · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

There are differences between a program funded by the government and a policy formed and funded by the government. Which best describes a program?

A) Process of influencing the allocation of scarce resources
B) Set of principles that is frequently formally agreed upon
C) Based on the institution's mission and goals
D) Set of actions to achieve a goal

Question 2

Which program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health care?

A) Medicaid
B) Women, Infants, and Children
C) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
D) State Children's Health Insurance Program

joshbk44 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
A program is a set of actions to achieve a goal. Politics is the process of influencing the allocation of scarce resources. Policy is a set of principles that is frequently formally agreed upon. Institutional policies are based on the institution's mission and goals, and they determine how the institution will function and relate to employees.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
The Women, Infants, and Children program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health care. Medicaid provides health care; insurance assistance and nursing home coverage for low-income residents and also pregnant women, a parent, or relative caregiver of a dependent child younger than 19 years, the blind, people with a disability or with a family member in their household with a disability, and people aged 65 years or older. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families provides financial and medical assistance to needy dependent children and parents and relatives with whom they are living. State Children's Health Insurance Program is for children younger than 19 years from families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.