Policy and Social Change #2

What is relative poverty?

having less income and resources than the average person; government view

What is absolute poverty?

falls below poverty line

What personal factors causes poverty?

Lack of human and social capital, unfortunate circumstances, and dependency

What structural factors causes poverty?

Macroeconomics, discrimination and segregation, and lack of political power

What does TANF stand for

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

What does TANF do?

A federal program that provides temporary cash assistance and support services to low-income families with children (selective cash assistance)

What is the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996)

Work and time limits on benefits, shifting from cash assistance to assist that requires work or job related activities in exchange for public assistance; conditional and time limited

What are cash assistance programs?

Financial aid to individuals and families to help with basic needs

What are in-kind benefit programs?

Non-cash ways to provide support, like government programs that offer food or housing assistance, or employer perks like health insurance and company cars

What is child care assistance programs?

Government-funded programs that help low-to-moderate-income families pay for child care so parents can work, attend school, or participate in job training

What is work opportunities and vocational training?

Programs that connect job seekers with the education and skills needed for employment, helping them to find jobs and employers to find skilled workers

What is Supplement Security Income (SSI)?

Cash assistance for the elderly, blind, and disabled

Who is eligible for TANF?

A U.S. citizen or eligible immigrant with a household that includes a child under 18 or a pregnant person, and meeting specific state-set income and asset limits

What are three policies that were put into place to prevent poverty?

Social security, unemployment insurance, and workers compensation

What benefits does social security have to prevent poverty?

Retirement, disability, and survivors benefit

What is Supplement Nutrition and Assistance Programs (SNAP)?

Food stamps, voucher programs; provides monthly benefits to low-income households to help them purchase food.

What is WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)?

Provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, and support for low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children under the age of five; voucher program

What type of benefit is Public Housing?

In-Kind-Benefit

What is Section 8 Housing and what program is it?

Money off rent and it is a voucher program

What is the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act?

Provides housing support through federal funding for programs that offer emergency and transitional shelter and housing assistance to people experiencing homelessness

What is Veterans Housing Support?

Helps veterans and their families secure and maintain housing, ranging from buying a home to assistance with homelessness

What is HUD-VASH under?

Veterans Housing Support'; Combines rental assistance with case management to help homeless veterans find and maintain permanent housing

What is Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)?

cover the health care cost of low income individuals; provides low-cost health coverage to children and pregnant women in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid.

What groups are qualified for CHIP?

Have to be low income plus one of these-

• TANF recipients

• SSI recipients

• Wards of the state

• Medically fragile children

What are three demographic and social patterns that put children at risk?

Increase in single parent household, more parents working, and high poverty rates

What are child welfare policies?

Public policies that are designed to protect and promote the well being of children

Who is responsible for child welfare?

Family, local, and federal responsibilities

What is the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act (1916)?

Early federal policy aimed to prohibit the sale of goods produced by factories employing children

What is the Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act (1912)?

The first federal social welfare program providing federal matching funds to states to establish health programs for mothers and children

What are three goals of child welfare systems?

Ensure safety, permanent homes, and strengthen families to care for their children

What are three services of the child welfare programs?

Protective services, foster care, and family preservation

What is the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) (1974)?

Provides funding and guidelines to states to improve the prevention, investigation, and treatment of child abuse and neglect

What was the first federal funding act for child protective policies?

CAPTA

What is Social Services Block Grants (1981)?

Gives states and territories flexible funding for social services

What are three types of domestic violence?

Physical, emotional, and sexual

What are the benefits of TANF?

Cash assistance, work opportunities, child care assistance, and medicaid

What are the conditions of TANF?

Have to work 30 hours a week in 2 years, child support enforcement(barrier), and has a 5 year life-time limit

what are three barriers as to why people might not want to apply to TANF?

You have to pay child support, stigma with public assistance, and strict work requirements

What is in the domestic violence law in South Carolina?

Charges for inuring or attempting to injure a “household member”, '“primary aggressor” is important, and family court order and protection (good for 6 months up to 1 year)

What is the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (1984)?

Funds the federal response system to ensure services and shelters are available to individuals experiencing domestic violence

What is the Violence Against Women Act (1994)?

Provides funding and resources for programs to prevent and respond to crimes against women, including domestic violence and sexual assault

What is the Violent Crime Act?

Banned abusers from owning firearms and VICTIMS can get time off of work, change SS number, and not be evicted of Section 8 Housing

What are the two policies under federal law that help with domestic violence?

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act and the Violence Against Women Act

What is the domestic violence policy in South Carolina?

The program offers a 26 week offender program and has State Office of Victim Assistance

Who is eligible for CAPTA?

Children who are victims of abuse or neglect, infants affected by prenatal substance exposure, and non profit agencies

How to qualify for TANF?

Have to be a US citizen and be below the poverty line

What are three voucher programs?

WIC, Section 8 Housing, SNAP