Public Policy For Social Welfare

In order to conduct meaningful change and to be effective in influencing policy, there must be a well thought out plan in place. In the text The Policy-Based Profession: An Introduction to Social Welfare Policy Analysis for Social Workers by Popple and Leighninger (2015) they argue that “For an action strategy to be effective, it is imperative that the people taking the action have a firm grasp on the problem they are dealing with and on achievable goals. You must do your homework before taking action” (p. 262). It is crucial that we do our homework when it comes to influencing policy for medicaid expansion in Texas. This includes having a better idea on who our coalition partners are, these are individuals and groups who share a common goal and purpose. This also includes knowing some strategies to increase public awareness, and as well what potential barriers may lie ahead that could possibly influence our success.

What would happen if the government made changes to the welfare system? There are approximately 110,489,000 of Americans on welfare. Many people benefit from what the system has to offer: food stamps, housing, health insurance, day care, and unemployment. Taxpayers often argue that the individuals who benefit from the system, abuse the system; however, this is not entirely true. Many of the people who receive benefits really and truly need the help. Even though some people believe welfare should be reformed, welfare should not be reformed because 40% of single mothers are poor, some elderly people do not have a support system, and college students can not afford to take extra loans.

The government has compromised our security and general welfare on several different occasions. They have done this not only in many different occasions, but in several different ways including through our U.S postal service, threw threatening memos and letters, and by violating our amendment rights. However, some of these acts are unnecessary, but some of them have their reasons and benefits.

The welfare systems are based on the principle of public responsibility on equitable wealth distribution and equality of opportunities to citizens who are unable to afford minimal levels of quality and good life, through provision of universal education programs, health care and subsidised housing. In most of the states, welfare systems are not used in the right manner they are intended to. Although the systems are meant to reduce the poverty level and at least assists individuals to get decent jobs, many recipients develops news ways every year to prolong their dependency in the system. Statistics show that women easily abuse the welfare system by simply having more children each year since this means that more money will come in their mails. Most of the recipients are able to work and earn their own money but they choose to be lazy and greedy since the welfare benefits seem better than working benefits. Some people are just too lazy to go out and get a job. They are content with sitting around watching TV while collecting tax-payers money. While not all welfare receivers are lazy there are some that defiantly abuse the system such as this example, “I know a woman on welfare that has three children and is currently enrolled in college who really couldn’t make it without some assistance. But on the other end of the spectrum I know woman who have never held down a job and have

In this statement, the founding fathers set out to place the ideals of a newly formed government. The idea was to give every citizen the peace of mind that they would be protected from outside forces, and create a standard of living that would allow most the opportunity to help themselves pursue their ideas of life, liberty, and happiness. General welfare does not guarantee the right to free health care, nor does it guarantee anything at all. In this context it is meant as a task that the federal government should attempt to provide the best possible options to its citizens and then allow them to decide how they would like to progress with every initiative. This

The predominance of our country is not only to give support to maintain the families within neighboring nations, but also to administer the needs of each individual in our own nation if they are in need and seeking help. The executive administration provides support for the elderly or adults and children that do not have a good standard of health and development. Welfare helps citizens during time of war, to give them something of support, or comfort. In order to understand the impact social services have something as small as a community or even as vast and diverse as a nation, we must comprehend in-depth what social services are. Social welfare is categorized in three specific sections which are known as: children’s service, special needs

Chapter two of Social Welfare Policy and Social Programs and the history videos highlight significant events that has influenced the creation of many social policies. Slavery existed during the colonial period 1800's. When The Proclamation Emancipation was signed in 1864 by President Lincoln to free the slaves, there was a turmoil of emotions. Free slaves shouting with joy and singing praises while many others outraged by the law. Many chose to go against the law and continue slavery practices. The following year in 1865, General Granger enforces the emancipation law to free the slaves in Galvestine Texas. This time period marks the beginning of a continuous journey of hardship, racism, fighting for rights and the fight against discrimination and violence.

“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” Welfare is defined as a procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need. Welfare was a system created to help those who could not help themselves; today that system is being misused and abused. The government collects money from working individuals in the form of taxes and distributes it to assist those who cannot work on their own, or those who simply choose not to work.

In order to critically analyse and recognise the current government approaches in social policy with regards to the inequalities in gender relating to homelessness, firstly the issues of housing and homelessness will be explored to give a background as to why homelessness exists in the UK. This can be explained by looking at the link between homelessness and tenure that has evolved over time, and how policy has changed and the affect that has had on the extent of homelessness in the UK. The link between housing tenure reflects general changes in the welfare state in recent years. The impact on gender inequalities relates to a number of social policies that include, The Housing Act, 1988, and ‘The Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977’ which introduced a standard government definition of homelessness that has impacted who is seen as vulnerable in society and deemed as ‘priority in need’. The housing problems faced by single men will be explored to illustrate some of the issues, and assess the impact on equality with regards to homelessness in the UK.

Many people in our country have turned to public assistance for help in our troubling economy. Welfare programs in our country date back to the early 1900’s. When these programs first started they were set up to support those who genuinely needed it. Many of the people who use these programs are hard working people who have had unfortunate things happen to them. However for those who use government assistance for good there are those who take advantage of the programs. Those who take advantage have turned to drugs and are unable or unwilling to make the necessary life changes that the others using the support have. Welfare programs were started to help those who have fallen into an undesirable situation such as losing a job. These programs are not setup to aid in or assist in people’s drug habits. Drug use has substantially risen over the years many of the drugs that people are using are worse than recreational marijuana use. They are also set up to help mothers with children to keep their children at home and not in foster care. Also to ensure that children and theirs parents have food, shelter, and basic everyday essentials. Drug testing those who receive public assistance would be beneficial to the whole country. While there will always be these that insist that drug testing these people is unconstitutional. It also appears that those taking advantage of the system is also unconstitutional. Drug testing, as a requirement for welfare, would ensure that those who have a

The development of the social welfare system in the united states was influences by England’s social workfare system. As society and economical situations changed so did the welfare systems. Most systems started included state and church.

1. What is social policy? Is rational social policy possible? Why or why not? If it were possible, what would be its advantages? Is programmatic effectiveness a central concern of social welfare policy? Can it be? Please briefly illustrate your response in reference to the Child Support Enforcement Program.

Denmark consistently ranks as one of the happiest countries in the world, if not the happiest. Recent findings indicate very low levels of suicide annually, coupled with high ratings of reported life satisfaction over the past five years (Diener et al. 2015). As a result of this reported annual trend, it is useful to investigate possible reasons on a macro-sociological scale. For the purpose of this paper, we will examine social democratic welfare policies, and their connections to Danish citizens' well being. We will explain the housing market system as it pertains to government, and attempt to explain its relevance to our proposed question. A portion of the research will be theorized - drawing from both other scholars' viewpoints

UK and analyse how the quality of life for the service users have improved over time.

Modern welfare state development is generally considered to lead to social security or benefits payments, social housing provision, health provision, social work and educational services.