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Families on Welfare- These families really depend on this income. I do believe that it should be offered to families who met the criteria that is required.
ReplyDeletehttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/schwarzenegger-make-massive-cuts-to-welfare-health-care-student-aid-.html
This article says that the govenor of california is planning on eliminating welfare. This is where the policy advocates come in to help. Eliminating welfare for families means that they are bringing more people into poverty. Even families in the military get welfare.
When Congress repealed the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC) and replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in 1996, the result was a dramatic turning point in poverty policy. The federal “entitlement” to cash assistance ended and the federal government turned over large sums of money and authority to states. At the same time, Congress made significant changes in policies affecting child care, child support enforcement, the Food Stamp Program, disabled children, and immigrants.
To change welfare or eliminate it now would be the end for a lot of people.
http://www.nfg.org/publications/welfare.htm
this website is explaining the next steps that welfare is making for the people. This is a good website to see how things are being done with welfare.
The welfare reform that occurred in 1996 has caused many changes in the welfare system such as reduced caseloads, increased employment and higher incomes among single mothers, a decline in child poverty, a steady decline in teen pregnancy, and a levelling off in non-marital childbearing. These are great outcomes of the reform but what about the different levels that families are dealing with such as having to work more, child care, and maintaining their job and home. The research answers many of these questions. With the decrease in the amount of people needing welfare it shows that these individuals are finding jobs and are in some way able to make their living situations stable. I think the reform was a great idea because it encourages those who are in need of welfare to strive for more. They know that they cannot rely on some of the programs forever so they must find other avenues to take care of themselves and their families. This is a type of empowerment and allows the client to have self-determination.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.brookings.edu/events/2002/0801poverty.aspx
This was an interesting article to read. The article focused on data that had been collected concerning the financial status of people when leaving welfare. People who leave welfare are called “welfare leavers.” The article looks at the particular states where people have stopped using cash assistance for financial stability. Some of the people who leave welfare do receive jobs upon leaving. However these people, face trouble financially. People who leave welfare attain jobs in occupations with low pay. These occupations include positions in retail, sales, service, and administrative support. The jobs usually have low paying wages and little to no health insurance. Even though the wages are low, people who leave welfare work longer hours a week. The only benefits of most of these jobs are vacation and paid sick leave. The welfare system is set up to help those who leave the system find jobs but sometimes that is not enough. Some people leave only to return back to welfare.
ReplyDeleteThis article takes a look into the economic situation of those families who have left cash assistance. Is there really a successful transition off of welfare? In order to answer this question, researchers take at the work or place area of employment for these families. There are usually frequent turnovers in cash assistance programs but little to know facts about whether or not families succeed after leaving these programs. Once people leave welfare ( welfare leavers), a lot of them do not find the best of jobs and end up working for minimum wage. About 2/3 of those employed work as clerical/administrative workers, service workers, or they work in the trade industry. These families are often referred to as "working poor" families. Then they also loose benefits such as Medicaid and child care subsidies. Welfare leavers with jobs tend to work in the same industries and occupations as those who are near poor and low income mothers.
ReplyDeleteFor those who qualify for Welfare they should be receiving their benefits. I believe that this program allows some reliefs for families day-to-day struggles. Assistance in the smallest amount contributes to a lifetime of appreciation. I do not see how removing this program would prove to be better for our society, more problems will stem from doing so. It is understood that things need to be done. Perhaps decreasing the welfare limit will allow others to strive for more. By striving for more these families will experience how difficult money is to come by and hopeful allow them to see first hand the value of a dollar. Those individuals who choose to "use the system" is only doing a disservice for those who truly need the assistance. For these individuals a change is soon to come, hopefully they will choose to stop abusing the system in order to assist those that truly need it. Leaving welfare only to return later should not be shunned upon: as long as effort is being made to strive for more success, no judgment should be made. For those abusing the system with a carefree attitude prepare yourself for possible (future) circumstances.
ReplyDeleteThe focus of this article was to discuss the people who have gotten off of cash assistance programs that are offered by the government. The author also wanted to see if the transition successful or not. The article focused on different families and their work places to see if there are frequent turnovers in cash assistance programs. The majority of the people that leave welfare end up working at dean end jobs minimum wage, and sometimes less than that.
ReplyDeleteWill Welfare Reform Hurt Low-skilled Workers?
ReplyDelete"The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) will place hundreds of thousands of women in the labor market. The exact number is difficult to ascertain, but the federal mandate is that 25 percent of adult welfare recipients with children over age 1 be engaged in work-related activities in fiscal year 1997 and 30 percent in fiscal year 1998. About 20 percent can be exempted from time limits, not work requests. In 1997 there were 1.2 million women ages 18 to 54 with children ages 0 to 5 in welfare.1 Adding the 25 percent to the 1997 welfare population, and subtracting the exempted cases, could mean up to 240,000 additional workers in the labor market. But the increase in the labor force will be larger because some welfare users will not participate in work-related programs because of time limits and will join the labor force as they are pushed out of assistance. Further, welfare is now less attractive, and many women who might have entered welfare (and not the labor market) had the stricter regulations not been in effect will be joining the labor force." (Enchautegui, 2009, para. 1)
"Entering the workforce has important economic, psychological, and familial consequences for welfare participants themselves. But, does it also mean that low-skilled workers already in the labor force will be hurt?" (Enchautegui, 2009, para. 2)
"Welfare participants entering the market will increase competition for scarce jobs, which may hurt the wages and employment chances of other low-skilled workers. If this is the case, it is certainly an unintended negative consequence of welfare reform, low-skilled workers have already had their share of economic adversity. Their employment and wage performance during the past two decades has been poor. The low-skilled labor market is characterized by low wages, employment instability, and little opportunity for advancement, (Acs and Danziger 1993, Blackburn, Bloom, and Freeman 1990, Holzer 1996, Pavetti 1997). The negative wage and employment consequences of welfare reform on other low-skilled workers are especially unfortunate considering that reform does not seem to produce clear winners. Various studies have shown that welfare-to-work programs are unlikely to move ex-welfare mothers out of poverty, and that their earnings will not be enough to compensate for transportation, child care, and other costs associated with labor market involvement (Acs, Coe, Watson, and Lerman 1998, Jencks and Edin 1990, Pavetti and Acs 1997). Welfare "leavers" are more likely than other low-income mothers to report serious economic struggles in providing food and paying rent (Loprest 1999)." (Enchautegui, 2009, para. 3)
I quoted the information from this article so that this unintentional negative affect of welfare reform could be described accurately. I wanted to capture the text in its exact form so that readers could understand this concept. I believe this is an issue that we all should consider. Since we know that welfare reform has pros and cons, we should do our best to understand the negative affects and strive to reverse them. We should strive to provide clients with the most benefits possible. Furthermore, it is not enough to provide for the target population alone and allow negative affects to pose probems for other populations. We should reform policies until they significantly improve the quality of life for the intended population and do not create obstacles for other populations.
Enchautegui, M. E. (2009). Will Welfare Reform Hurt Low-Skilled Workers? Urban Institute Research of Record.
http://www.childwelfare.com/welfare%20reform.htm
This article tackles welfare reform and data of people who have been able to let go of welfare assistance and work a steady job. Research shows that after the 1996 welfare reform teenage pregnancy has declined, and so has child poverty along with other positive reinforcements. Data also shows that since the welfare refore more people have been able to get off of government assistance and find a steady job. However, this causes another problem because usually these workers are low skilled and unable to obtain a job with benefits or high wages. Although, statistics show that more people are able to support themselves after welfare, there are still others who continue to need the benefits and support to make ends meet at home. The welfare reform has helped cause great changes, but it is still very much needed.
ReplyDeleteEnchautegui, M. E. (2009). Will Welfare Reform Hurt Low-Skilled Workers? Urban Institute Research of Record.
http://www.childwelfare.com/welfare%20reform.htm
This article is very important to the families on welfare this is important for all families because each family deserves the opportunities to receive welfare from the government the reform act. Benefits are given to all families that lack the certain needs that provide a certain needs. Research shows that welfare reform has declined poverty of children and pregnancy. However welfare reform sometimes pose a problem because it makes individuals dependent on welfare and feel that obtaining a job is not necessary at times. Although there is an important reason for all individuals to take an in consideration the importance of all obstacles for all people.
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about how various populations will be affected by the the work force changes and economy.The Welfare Reform is something that is serious and that touches so many lives directly. This program is composed of assistance and funds that are needed by so many to survive in today's world.By their being so many participants within the program funds ans resources are starting to spread thin. This could also be attributed to the increasing rates of those who never needed welfare but who now need the services. This opens up a whole new population of clients that will need services. Women are affected a lot by Welfare do to them having high numbers of poverty across the globe.The job market is very competitive now, and even those who are qualified are having issues with getting employment.By this being true , those with no or minimal education will have the same problems , and therefore need more welfare services.Overall this was a very informative article that shine a lot of light on the welfare reform and how it relates the women.
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