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Welfare1 The United States or The United Welfare States– A Cost Benefit Analysis
The role of welfare within our society has always been controversial. This problem emphasizes the
need to understand the roles of variable factors when pertaining to the subject of welfare within our
society. The proposed analysis will address the phenomenon of welfare assistance and several factors
which may contribute to the increase or decrease of welfare assistance to the poor in 4 ways: (1) by
defining major concepts and any other concepts about which there is likely to be misunderstanding,
(2) by further examining the past history pertaining to the subject of welfare assistance within the
United States, (3) by developing the formulation of...show more content...
But, regardless of how it is used, the preparation of a cost benefit analysis provides a useful
framework for consideration of the possible effects of a proposed policy.
Past History of Welfare Assistance: One of the first welfare programs to provide income support
to the poor was a federally backed plan called the Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) program.
This legislation was introduced with the establishment of the Social Security program during the
Great Depression. (Rowley, and Peacock 43) The ADC program which had started nearly sixty
years ago is now better known as the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program,
which provided a federal entitlement to economic support for single parents with children younger
than 18 who fell below a threshold of assets and income (Rowley, and Peacock 44). Federal
guidelines allowed for each state to set its own predetermined needs standards for families of
different sizes and living locations. Both the federal government and the states supplied funding for
the AFDC program (Rowley, and Peacock 50). In 1996 Congress adopted the Temporary Aid to
Needy Families (TANF) program by enacting the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act that ultimately changed the structure of federal financial assistance to the states
thereby abolishing the AFDC program. Another social welfare program was the Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) program. Congress
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Welfare Essay

  • 1. Welfare Essay Welfare1 The United States or The United Welfare States– A Cost Benefit Analysis The role of welfare within our society has always been controversial. This problem emphasizes the need to understand the roles of variable factors when pertaining to the subject of welfare within our society. The proposed analysis will address the phenomenon of welfare assistance and several factors which may contribute to the increase or decrease of welfare assistance to the poor in 4 ways: (1) by defining major concepts and any other concepts about which there is likely to be misunderstanding, (2) by further examining the past history pertaining to the subject of welfare assistance within the United States, (3) by developing the formulation of...show more content... But, regardless of how it is used, the preparation of a cost benefit analysis provides a useful framework for consideration of the possible effects of a proposed policy. Past History of Welfare Assistance: One of the first welfare programs to provide income support to the poor was a federally backed plan called the Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) program. This legislation was introduced with the establishment of the Social Security program during the Great Depression. (Rowley, and Peacock 43) The ADC program which had started nearly sixty years ago is now better known as the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, which provided a federal entitlement to economic support for single parents with children younger than 18 who fell below a threshold of assets and income (Rowley, and Peacock 44). Federal guidelines allowed for each state to set its own predetermined needs standards for families of different sizes and living locations. Both the federal government and the states supplied funding for the AFDC program (Rowley, and Peacock 50). In 1996 Congress adopted the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program by enacting the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act that ultimately changed the structure of federal financial assistance to the states thereby abolishing the AFDC program. Another social welfare program was the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Congress Get more content on HelpWriting.net