Identify two methods for helping the poor that have changed since colonial times.

Helping poor people in the U.S. has taken many forms over the nearly 250 years since colonial times. Both church-run and government-run programs have changed. One significant difference has been the increase of government responsibility, along with a greater focus on help rather than punishment.
The British American colonies followed British law. The Poor Laws had been established and revised in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, when the church and state were not fully separated. In the early nation, the main idea was that people were responsible for themselves and did not receive government support. People were often jailed for nonpayment of debt and had to do manual labor while incarcerated. Church groups were considered the main providers of charity.
In the nineteenth century, church and mutual aid societies provided much of the help. The latter were often groups of fellow immigrants from the same home country. Government-run work houses were established, largely replacing prison as a place to send the indigent. Large-scale charities, with a religious mission but not part of a church, also developed; the Salvation Army is a notable example.
Modern social welfare began as a result of the Great Depression, when President Roosevelt and Congress enacted the New Deal. The policies and programs established in the 1930s, including unemployment insurance and food aid, are the direct predecessors of today's programs. Further substantive changes date to Johnson's 1960s Great Society and War on Poverty programs.
https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/recollections/social-welfare-history/