Chapter 2 Flashcards
Institutional social welfare services
Proactive; In place to prevent problems before they arise
Residual services
Come after there is an identifiable problem
Colonial period
Earliest social welfare system- Elizabethan Poor Laws
Elizabethan poor laws
English system- outlined public’s responsibility for poor
Pre-civil war
Residential institutions
Friedman’s bureau
Provide temporary assistance to newly freed slaves post civil war
Progressive era
Following civil war. Birth social work profession
Pendulum economy
Pendulum swings from strong belief in social responsibility during economic upheaval to emphasis on individual responsibility when economy strong
Great Depression and new deal
Social insurance and public assistance
Permanent involvement of federal government in both provision of social services and regulation of economy. Numerous social welfare systems created
Social security act
First comprehensive federal effort to ensure economic security through Long term protections of social insurance and public assistance
WWII postwar economy
Federal government more involved in economy as managed war effort.
GI Bill
GI Bill
Services readjustment act 1944: funds education, training, employment services, home loans and business loans
Social reform years
Creating medical care- Medicaid and Medicare.
. War on poverty
War on poverty
1960’s series of policies and programs to fight poverty. Economic opportunity act 1964-
Renewed emphasis on social justice fair distribution of resources and opportunities
Food stamps, head start, job training, employment incentives.
Retrenchment Years
1980’s-90’s has backlash against anti poverty programs. Devolution, Welfare Reform 1996. TANF created to replace AFDC. Limit years on welfare. State & local better than feds to control social services
Devolution
Diminished role of federal government in anti poverty programs
Cutbacks and local control
New millennium
War on terror- becomes focus. Great Recession- economis Support through support housing market & TARP (troubled assist release program) for social institutions. Grow inequality between income & wealth.
Affordable care act
War on terror
Economic recovery
Cash assistance
Transfer of money from government to a person in need
TANF
In-kind benefits
Aide in form of tangible items.
SNAP, housing assistance