Reagans Welfare Measures

Question 1

What was passed on 13th October 1982?

Answer 1

Job Training Partnership Act

Question 2

What did the Job Training Partnership Act do? (2)

Answer 2

• Shifts job training from federal hands to state and private schemes
• Removes any need for the trainees to have their incomes made up to the minimum wage

Question 3

What was passed on 20 April 1983?

Answer 3

Social Security Reform Bill

Question 4

What did the Social Security Reform Bill do? (3)

Answer 4

• Delays the linking of payments to inflation from July to December
• Raises the amount the government takes from wages to cover the benefit
• Makes part of the benefit payments taxable

Question 5

What was passed on the 22 July 1987?

Answer 5

McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Question 6

What did the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act do? (2)

Answer 6

• Sets up the Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Programme
• To be run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Question 7

What was passed on 13 October 1988?

Answer 7

Family Support Act

Question 8

What did the Family Support Act do?

Answer 8

• A family is only to be elegible for benefits if at least 1 parent is working for at least 16 hours a week
• Single parents are expected to finish education and undergo job training, the state provides childcare