Social Work Exam 3

Housing Insecurity Causes

Lack of affordable housing, frequent moves, and evictions

Section 8 Vouchers

Certificates provided through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for use with both nonprofit and for-profit housing

Rent Supplements

Government subsidies designed to help low-income individuals or families afford housing by covering the difference between what they can afford and the market rent

Interest Deductions

A fedeal tax break afforded to home buyers to subsidize housing costs

Dynamic Around “Doubling Up” Housing

Increases expenses for utilities and food, provides additional household wear and tear, and strains relationships

Housing First

Emphasizes rapid provision of permanent housing, with subsequent offer of supportive services such as employment, mental health services, and addiction programs

Gentrification

The lack of affordable housing in suburbs and desire for urban amenities in suburbs drove young white professionals back into cities where long-standing residents (often POC) are gradually displaced as rents, taxes, and daily costs rise

Redlining

An explicit ban on issuing loans in “undesirable” (black) urban core areas

Welfare Capitalism

Turmoil of labor force disruptions became a threat to business communities which resulted in business owners introducing policies and programs that became associated with the welfare movement and had two basic goals

1. Support a diverse workforce that would maintain the established values and goals of management

2. Discouraging workers from union membership

The Gender Pay Gap

Decreasing overall, though stalled recently

More significant among higher earners

Increases in mid thirties as women typically begin to have kids/start a family

Differs widely by race/ethnicity

Cyclical Unemployment

Downsizing and layoffs due to decreased demand for goods and services

Structural Unemployment

Mismatch between available jobs and qualified workers

ex. teachers, self checkout

Frictional Unemployment

Part of the normal labor cycle; reflects the time it takes to find workers

Union

Collective bargaining with the company to encourage fairness, benefits, safety, etc. in contract

Critiqued for decreased flexibility and secrecy

Overall, union workers receive higher wages and receive better benefits (health, retirement, paid leave)

Common Roles of Military SWers

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the biggest employer of MSW- provide advocacy, benefit assistance, crisis intervention, mental health counseling, and resource navigation

History of Military SW

Traumatic Brain Injuries

Contemporary cases usually caused by blast exposure

PTSD

Anxiety disorder associated with flashbacks, nightmares, and trigger responses

Cognitive Processing Therapy with Virtual Reality

Integrates exposure to sensory stimuli (odors, sounds, tastes) to facilitate cognitive reframing

Secondary Trauma

When traumas of one person are experienced vicariously by another

Disproportionate Impact of Pollution on Poorer Communities

Exposure to pollution and environmental hazards varies according to one’s race, SES, and political power

Certain communities are disproportionately burdened by environmental contamination and health risks and aren’t given meaningful say in the decisions that affect their community

Forms of International SW

Operationalized in terms of practice in other countries, partnership with agencies in other countries, collaboration on international issues, service of international clients who are based outside of the USA, and practice with immigrants and refugees in the USA

Developed v. Developing v. “Third-World”

Third World- was used to describe poor, non-industrialized, and economically developing countries

Developing- is used to describe a country with less developed economy, lack of sophisticated technology, and possesses a lower standard of living than industrialized countries

Developed- have a developed economy, exhibit advanced technology, and are modernized

Human Trafficking

Exploitation of humans through the threat of mistreatment, force, coercion, abduction, fraud, and/or deception

Viewed s a contemporary form of slavery and occurs when people are recruited, transported, and harbored for exploitation

Refugee

Immigrants who are given special consideration because they have been forced to leave their country due to human rights violations

Immigrant

A persons who comes to live permanently in a foreign country

Transnational Identity

The sense of belonging and identification that individuals develop when they have connections and affiliations across multiple national borders

Forms of Charity

Aid in the form of goods or services

ex. USAID, WHO, Catholic Relief Services

Critiques of Charity

Encourages dependency, not addressing the “root causes” and not addressing global power differences