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1601 Elizabethan Poor Law
Laws that established England's first effective welfare state.
Impotent Poor
People who can’t work. They get help in almshouses or poorhouses.
Ex. Impotent Poor in US
Shelter or Halfway house
Able-bodied Poor
These are people who can work. The community would help them find work in a workhouse.
Ex. Able-bodied Poor in US
CALWORKS
Idle Poor
People who beg for money. They could be punished with prison.
Ex. Idle Poor in the US
sleeping in car or park
Poor children
Learn a trade or skill while working for someone.
EX. Poor children in the US
Internship
