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Welfare

             Welfare today is much different from its status in the past. From the 1930's to the 1990's, the welfare system was run by the federal government. There was also no time limit on the time you were allowed to be on welfare. To qualify, you needed to be below the "poverty line" and you could automatically qualify for entitlement with no limit. But then there was a new system and the old system was reformed in some key ways. Under the new system, someone could stay on welfare for only five years. People also had to have a work requirement of at least two years to try encourage people on welfare to get jobs. Also now the federal government gives block grants to the states so different states spend the welfare money in different ways.
             Some of the issues of the new welfare system include should people on welfare have to take drug tests. This would help people get off drugs and prevent wasting of the welfare money. Another issue was that should a state be able to take money out of welfare checks to get the state out of debt. The government gives the states the money for welfare so it should only be used on issues dealing with welfare. Another issue is that a lot less people are now off welfare but many can still be poor because they do not fit the requirements to receive welfare; but we still do not know if this is related to the economy or the welfare reforms. Many people have raised the issue whether the five-year period should be extended. Another issue is that should immigrant children and pregnant women receive welfare.
             One of the successes under the new program is that there are sessions were made where people can discuss some of the pros and cons under the new system to help improve on some of the issues of welfare. Then some states could see what is doing well in other states and they can use those methods to try and improve on how they are spending their money in welfare. Also people who take the drug tests would be clean and not waste money on drugs.


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... life and that the government owes them nothing. It is also true that there exist a great number of people that abuse the welfare program. These individuals may enroll in welfare without the intention of ever getting a job. Others trade foodstamps for cash or drugs. These ideas, or facts, can be used ... life and that the government owes them nothing. It is also true that there exist a great number of people that abuse the welfare program. These individuals may enroll in welfare without the intention of ever getting a job. Others trade foodstamps for cash or drugs. These ideas, or facts, c...

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2. Welfare Reform

... replace the then current, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), with the new "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). Several changes were implemented into the new "Welfare Reform." States now receive block grants called "Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)" for cash disbursements. In addition, adult recipients are now required to look for and acquire a job ... are now working. Many families do not receive assistance for childcare, medical insurance or transportation assistance any longer. Additionally, more poor children are being r...

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3. Welfare

... baby before being ready, then living off the sweat of other people's hard earn money. Yet that is exactly what America has become; a welfare state, where people (or at least the poor) are no longer required to take responsibility for their actions, only hardworking citizens who pay millions ... generosity of taxpayers, and feel no need to obtain an education because there is no need to obtain a job, it is not surprising that "welfare recipients often provide little cognitive stimulation, and emotional support"(Lewin, 2). When someone is constantly told that they are helpless, they begin ...

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4. Welfare

... . And "Delinquent" meant the people who were so out of control that they needed some aid to help them. Before the 1900's welfare was basically charity given by the churches. Until the Great Depression of the 1930's, state and local governments bore some responsibility for providing assistance ... to the recipients, or to the states(Gordon 1990, 13). Sances 2 Between 1935 and 1996, many federal programs were established to provide additional welfare benefits. Medicaid, public housing, food stamps, and Supplemental Security Income were the key ones. Medicaid was passed in 1965 as an amendme...

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5. Issues of Welfare Reform

... going to illegal immigrants and refugees instead of American citizens, and people are committing fraud to receive the benefits because they are dependent on welfare. Welfare, though it can be good, is misused by many low class recipients and is too easily obtained for those merely looking for a ... to receive help from fellow American working class. However, Census Bureau data reveals that most U.S. families headed by illegal immigrants use taxpayer-funded welfare programs on behalf of their American-born anchor babies (Judicial Watch). It is often heard that people come to America ill...

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6. Welfare

... poor mass transportation to the suburbs, where jobs seem to be more abundant. Central cities increasingly have become home to those who rely on welfare, subsidized health care and other social services. Although poverty has declined in central cities, urban poverty rates are still twice as high as ... aliases, thirty addresses, a dozen social security cards and four dead husbands. This anecdote did a lot to make the American public furious with welfare and to promote the belief that many abuse the system. However, after many interviewers tried to track this "Queen" down, they discovered ...

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7. Social Welfare

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8. Welfare Reform

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9. Post-War Welfare Settlements of the 1980s and 90s

... on immigrants who needed council houses. Council house allocation policies discriminated against immigrants (Ginsburg, 1992, quoted in Hughes 1998). Concerning health care, women too were marginalised welfare subjects. The assumed natural division of labour meant that doctors were predominantly male and were in a position where they had medical control over childbirth, abortion and contraception. ... seen as an unsustainable burden on the state. The New Right launched by the Conservatives, under Mrs Thatcher challenged the universal and collectivist provision of welfare by the social dem...

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10. Welfare Reform

... of states and how they have made a difference. MINNESOTA Under federal guidelines that each state must undergo drastic changes to reduce spending, Minnesota implemented work programs. "A comprehensive study of welfare reform in Minnesota finds (that) there are great family stability, more marriages, fewer instances of domestic violence, and improvement in the behavior of school performance of children- (LA Times, ... However, not all are pleased with the tremendous amounts of cuts made by the Hoosier state. "Legal Services Organization of Indiana filed a lawsuit in Indianapolis trying to...

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  • Grade Level: High School

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