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1
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10 poorest cities in WV

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  1. Keyser
  2. Huntington
  3. Martinsburg
  4. Morgantown
  5. Grafton
  6. Parkersburg
  7. Princeton
  8. Moundsville
  9. Buckhannon
  10. Oak Hill

Based on poverty level, median income, unemployment rate

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2
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Role of social values

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Essential element to understanding social problems and social policy

Present in all social welfare policies

Provide context for policy

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3
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Social values?

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Achievement and success 
Activity and work
Moral orientation
Humanitarian mores
Efficiency and practicality 
Progress
Material comfort
Science and secular rationality
Democracy
Racism, sexism and related group superiority themes
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4
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Equality (social value)

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Of opportunity, not outcome

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5
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Freedom (social value)

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Social welfare policies often viewed as increasing rights of one-group and decreasing freedom of another

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External Conformity (social value)

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We have rather low tolerance for those who do not conform to accepted standards

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7
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Nationalism and Patriotism (social value)

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Sense of zeal to spread IS economic, governmental institutions throughout the world, adopt our way of doing things

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8
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Individual Personality/Responsibility (social value)

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Credit for success and blame for failure

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9
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Resource allocation

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Effectiveness
Efficiency
Equity

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10
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T/F: AFDC was replaced by TANF?

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True

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11
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T/F: States have more freedom of how to spend money under TANF than AFDC?

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True

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12
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T/F: Under President Reagan, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was passed?

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False

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13
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T/F: States receive a block grant from the federal government to fund AFDC?

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True

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14
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T/F: Adults receiving cash benefits are required to work or participate in a state designed program after a year, or their payments will end?

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False

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15
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T/F: Payments to recipients using federal funds must end after a max of 3 years?

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False

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16
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T/F: The average number of children born to parents receiving TANG is greater than the number born to all women in US?

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False

17
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T/F: Nearly half of all TANF recipients never finished high school

A

True

18
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T/F: Whites represent approximately 1/3 of TANF recipients

A

True

19
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T/F: Caseloads of all families on TANF continue to rise

A

False

20
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T/F: TANF spending continues to rise

A

False

21
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Macroeconomic factors

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Increase or decrease productivity
Impact profits
Inflation rate, GDP, Unemployment rate

22
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Doctrine of less eligibility

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Person living on welfare should always be worse off than the lowest paid working person

90% selfish hypothesis, assumes that if people can do as well or better on welfare than they can be working, most people choose to live on welfare.

23
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Why was TANF constructed?

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To serve the poorest of the poor.

24
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What changed from AFDC to TANF?

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Shifted from the concept of public assistance as a right of citizenship for the needy, to a program that is temporary and for those who meet the strictest qualifications

Presupposes that there are jobs available for all who are looking

25
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TANF includes:

A 
Work requirements 
Education requirements
Time limits (5 years)
Limitations for immigrants
Child support enforcement
26
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Average cost for TANF

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In 2010 the average payment was to a family with two children, $392 per month

27
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Race in TANF

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In 2010, 68.7% of recipients were minority group members

28
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Time limits for TANF

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No more than 60 months

No more than 2 years at a time

29
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Macroeconomics for TANF

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Cost: the federal share of TANF was less than 1% of the 3.8 trillion dollar 2011 budget

The program is not a significant contributor to deficits at the state or federal level

TANF spending is not increasing; it is declining

30
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Federal Govt spending for TANF

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2010: $26k
2014: $12k

31
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How TANF funds are spent

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Basic Assistance: 26%
Work related: 8%
Child care: 16%
Administration and systems: 7%
Refundable tax credit: 8%
Other areas: 34%
32
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Microeconomics for TANF

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TANF was structured with the goal of preventing the program from being a work disincentive, it forces labor market participation

Programs force recipients reliance on unreported funds to help fill deficits each month: causes problems for parents

Concerns regarding the programs impact on family structure and unwed births

33
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Welfare

A 
Public assistance
Social security
Workers comp
Supplemental Security Income
WIC
34
Q

T/F: As of 2013, all but three states met the above goal

A

False

35
Q

T/F: Legal immigrants are eligible for most means tested programs after one year

A

False

36
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T/F: Illegal aliens are barred from means test

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True

37
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T/F: TANF reauthorization bulls are passed in Congress yearly

A

False

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