Create a 2 pages fact sheet on Social Security outlining eligibility, benefits, and funding. This should be completed using both assigned
readings and additional research.
Assigned readings
Additional Internet Resources:
Administration on Community Living: http://www.acl.gov/
AARP Public Policy Institute: http://www.aarp.org/research/ppi/
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: http://www.cbpp.org/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
The Century Foundation: http://www.tcf.org/
The Commonwealth Fund: http://www.cmwf.org/
Disability Aging and LTC division of The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, part of HHS:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/office_specific/daltcp.cfm
Employee Benefit Research Institute: http://www.ebri.org/
Economic Policy Institute: http://www.epi.org/
Family Caregiver Alliance: http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/home.jsp
Government Accountability Office: http://www.gao.gov/
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: http://www.kff.org/
The New Old Age Blog, NYT: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/
National Academy of Social Insurance: http://www.nasi.org/
The Urban Institute: http://www.urban.org/
Social Security Administration: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/index.html