5. 80+ Services
• Family Planning
• WIC
• SNAP
• Medicaid
• Social Security
• School Breakfast Program
• National School Lunch Program
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
6. 80+ Services cont…
• Federal Pell Grants
• Job Corps
• Tax Credit Assistance Program
• Public Housing
• Child Support Enforcement
• Foster Care
• Legal Services Corporation
• Emergency Food & Shelter Program
7. History
• 1880s – 1890s Poor houses/relief funds
• 1893 – 1894 1st unemployment payments attempted
• 1932 Great Depression – Emergency Relief Act
• 1935 Social Security Act
• 1940 Aid to Families With Dependent Children
• 1964 Johnson passes Economic Opportunity Act
• 1996 Clinton passes Personal Responsibility & Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act
8. Current Social Issues
• Drug Testing
– Random?
– Profiling?
– Trained?
• Does the cost outweigh the results?
• Arizona – 1 out of 87,000 caught
• Georgia – 1 reported to Dept. of Labor
9. Positive Economic Analysis
• Welfare provides income to needy families
• Puts money back into local economy
• Less homeless and criminals
• Education
• Training
10. Negative Economic Analysis
• Costs tax payers trillions of dollars
• Largest item in Federal Budget
• Decrease in other government funded programs
• Is it working? Poverty levels still increasing
• Fraudulent
11. Recommendation
• Compare to other countries
• Feel good helping others
• Entitlements
• Double edged sword
• Still a need
