Retired Military Personnel’s Spouse Welfare Program Name: Instructor: Date: 1 Problem/Need A number of military personnel have spouses who stay at home without formal employment. The situation is attributed to the long times a military personnel spends in active roles out of the country. Thus, the wife stays at home to compensate for the time the husband is not close to his children. Unfortunately, once a military personnel retires, the family source of income is significantly affected negatively. The situation creates despondency to the veterans who have selflessly opted to sacrifice their life and family life on behalf of the country’s security. The country has a moral obligation to give back to the families of retired military personnel who have sacrificed their desires to protect the country. The families of military officers requires a stable life after retirement where they can sustain their needs. Thus, a program aimed at enabling the spouses of retired military personnel to acquire basic employment skills is essential in promoting their welfare. A welfare program targeting the spouses of the retired military personnel has been proposed. 2 Objective The objective of the program is to reinforce welfare of the retired military personnel’s family. This objective will be attained by developing skills of the retired militaries’ spouses. The skill development program will aim at enabling the spouses to acquire basic business skills and computer applications. The skills will help the spouses to earn formal employment or start their own small businesses. Thus, the income the spouses will earn or generate will reinforce the income of the families. This will help the retired military officers to live a dignified life after the service. Methods In order to instill the skill development effectively to the spouses, effective methods will be employed. One of the method is to expose the spouses to female spouses outside the military service running their own small scale businesses. The exposure will give the spouses a basic insight and confidence of running their own business. The second approach will involve introducing the group to a consultant to learn basic work skills and business plan development. Similarly, the development program will involve introduction to basic financial management and accounting in running a business. Furthermore, guideline manuscripts will be supplied to the group for personal learning. Consequently, the spouses of retired military personnel will be equipped effectively to earn income in reinforcing the family livelihood. Evaluation Similar funding targeting the military personnel in the past have shown they are meeting the objectives. The skill development program targeting the spouses of active military personnel's spouses has seen a significant number of them starting their own businesses and earning employment opportunities. Similarly, the program funded at offering psychologi ...

1. Retired Military Personnel’s Spouse Welfare Program
Name:
Instructor:
Date:
1
Problem/Need
A number of military personnel have spouses who stay at home
without formal employment.
The situation is attributed to the long times a military personnel
spends in active roles out of the country.
Thus, the wife stays at home to compensate for the time the
husband is not close to his children.
Unfortunately, once a military personnel retires, the family
source of income is significantly affected negatively.
The situation creates despondency to the veterans who have
selflessly opted to sacrifice their life and family life on behalf
of the country’s security.
The country has a moral obligation to give back to the families
of retired military personnel who have sacrificed their desires to
protect the country.
The families of military officers requires a stable life after
retirement where they can sustain their needs.
Thus, a program aimed at enabling the spouses of retired
military personnel to acquire basic employment skills is
essential in promoting their welfare.

2. A welfare program targeting the spouses of the retired military
personnel has been proposed.
2
Objective
The objective of the program is to reinforce welfare of the
retired military personnel’s family.
This objective will be attained by developing skills of the
retired militaries’ spouses.
The skill development program will aim at enabling the spouses
to acquire basic business skills and computer applications.
The skills will help the spouses to earn formal employment or
start their own small businesses.
Thus, the income the spouses will earn or generate will
reinforce the income of the families.
This will help the retired military officers to live a dignified
life after the service.
Methods
In order to instill the skill development effectively to the
spouses, effective methods will be employed.
One of the method is to expose the spouses to female spouses
outside the military service running their own small scale
businesses.

3. The exposure will give the spouses a basic insight and
confidence of running their own business.
The second approach will involve introducing the group to a
consultant to learn basic work skills and business plan
development.
Similarly, the development program will involve introduction to
basic financial management and accounting in running a
business.
Furthermore, guideline manuscripts will be supplied to the
group for personal learning.
Consequently, the spouses of retired military personnel will be
equipped effectively to earn income in reinforcing the family
livelihood.
Evaluation
Similar funding targeting the military personnel in the past have
shown they are meeting the objectives.
The skill development program targeting the spouses of active
military personnel's spouses has seen a significant number of
them starting their own businesses and earning employment
opportunities.
Similarly, the program funded at offering psychological
counseling to military personnel involved in wars and spouses
who have lost their loved ones recovering to normal life.
Furthermore, the veteran funding program has achieved the
objective of reclaiming their dignity achieved.
Thus, the proposed program has high potential of been
successful.

4. Future Funding
The grant fund been sought is intended for start-up expenses.
This implies the on-going needs of the program will be financed
by soliciting funds from different sources.
The start-up costs includes acquiring the support equipments,
hiring skill developers, raising awareness, and for logistic
arrangement.
In contrast, the on-going financial needs will include capacity
building, training sessions, and financing the spouses in starting
group businesses.
The ability to meet the identified needs will require financial
support from the well wishers.
The program targets to raise the funds in future through non-
governmental groups involved in women empowerment groups,
federal government contributions, and the charity groups.
Thus, the financing of the start-up funds will be different to the
future financial needs.
Dissemination
In order to spread the intention of the program to the targeted
audiences, effective dissemination strategies will be employed.
The communication of the service delivery and the program will
be spread through the mass media campaign to reach majority of
the retired military personnel’s spouses.
Communicating with the grant and other finance providers will
through formal letters and documentations.
The achievement of the program and giving hope to the spouses

5. to succeed will be communicated through booklets documenting
the achievements.
Thus, the dissemination of the information will be adequately
undertaken.
Budget
Budgeted start-up costs are as demonstrated in the table below.
ItemsAmountsAcquisition of equipments and office furniture
$150,000Office installations cost$50,000Personnel salaries
$80,000Awareness campaign cost$20,000Logistics
cost$10,000Total budgeted cost$310,000
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Peter Crabb: “Faith and Economics: Why Christians Should
Support Immigration Reform”
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In Luke Chapter 10 Jesus confirms the Law—we must love the
Lord with all our heart, soul, and

6. strength and love our neighbors as ourselves. He goes on to
show that even strangers are our
neighbors. We learn here and in other parts of the Bible that we
must show love to immigrants
whether or not they serve our economic interests. Fortunately,
immigration reform is not a
situation where our Christian faith must trump our economic
incentives. Immigration, both
authorized and unauthorized, has economic benefits for all.
Economists often disagree, but on the
subject of immigration reform there is a strong consensus over
both the theory and
evidence. Reform of the United States’ current immigration
policy can be done in a way that
respects the God-given dignity of every person, protects
families, and ensures no loss to
taxpayers.
In Deuteronomy chapter 10 God gives specific instructions for
how we are to treat foreigners
living among us. We are to not only love them, but provide food
and clothing. Why did he make
such a demand of the Israelites? Because they too were once
strangers in a land. In Matthew

7. chapter 25 Jesus commands us to invite strangers in, feeding
them and ministering to their
physical needs. Immigration is a policy debate where both our
faith and economic knowledge
line up. The U.S. has a strong heritage of welcoming
immigrants, and much of our economic
success can be attributed the skills, creative ideas, and work
ethic immigrants brought with them.
There is a strong case that immigration helps the U.S. economy
grow faster than it would
otherwise. Even undocumented workers improve our economy.
A 2006 survey of economists by
The Wall Street Journal found that 59 percent of economists
believe undocumented workers
have only a slight impact on wages in low-skill jobs, but 96
percent said undocumented workers
are beneficial to the economy because these workers fill jobs
many American workers won’t
accept and hold down the rate of inflation.[i] Writing earlier
this year in The New York Times,
Harvard economist N. Gregory Mankiw said “… economists are
receptive to the concept of
immigration, partly because they tend to have a libertarian
streak.”[ii] Economic analysis shows

8. that free markets lead to the best outcomes for society, and the
question of immigration’s impact
on labor market is no different. When markets are open to trade
prices are lower and the quantity
produced rises. This increases the rate at which an economy can
grow and provides more choices
for consumers.
Economy theory also supports greater immigration because of
its association with
entrepreneurism. New business formation is a key to economic
growth and immigrants start
small businesses at higher rates than native-born US citizens.
Economist Robert Fairlie from UC-
Santa Cruz showed that immigrants play an important role in
economy by starting new
businesses, creating jobs, and increasing exports.[iii] In 2011
immigrant owned businesses added
more than $775 billion dollars of revenue to the U.S. gross
domestic product. Further, Professor
Fairlie showed that this was true even when the overall
economy was weak.
http://evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/peter-crabb-faith-and-
economics-why-christians-should-support-immigration-reform/

9. Other economic research shows that immigration is good for
U.S. worker productivity. Anyone
willing to move to a new country is generally ambitious, that is,
a good worker. Whenever output
per worker rises the economy grows at a faster rate. In a 2010
study, Professor Giovanni Peri of
the UC- Davis and researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco found evidence that
immigrants expand the economy’s productive capacity,
stimulate new investment, and boost
productivity.[iv] Their local-level data shows that states with
higher immigrant worker
populations have higher rates of output per worker. Immigrants
raise the overall output. Higher
economic output brings in more tax revenue, helping reduce the
federal budget deficit and
stretched state budgets.
By increasing the avenues for legal immigration and reducing
the number of undocumented
workers in the U.S. we can also address one of the key factors
of poverty – the breakdown of the
family unit. Census data shows that poverty in the U.S. is
strongly correlated with family
composition. Families headed by a female adult without a

10. spouse present are more likely to live
in poverty than a family headed by a married couple.[v] This
can be thought of as another
productivity issue. A tight family unit is more likely to be
productive and have a higher standard
of living. With immigration reform fewer workers will leave
behind their spouses and children,
the entire family will have more support, and poverty around
the world is likely to be lower.
Some analysts have argued that undocumented workers place a
strain on the many government-
provided benefits in the United States. These researchers have
tried to show that US taxpayer is
providing unwarranted income and services to millions of
workers. But assumptions in this body
of research give rise to inflated costs and ignore benefits. The
Heritage Foundation has produced
many reports suggesting that any revisions to current law
providing undocumented workers some
permanent status are bad for this country.[vi] However, the
Heritage studies falsely assume
immigrants use many services they don’t pay for and fail to
make any assumption about the
potential economic gains that arise when undocumented workers

11. gain legal status.
The most recent Heritage report uses what economists call static
analysis. The reports states that
undocumented immigrants increase GDP by approximately 2
percent, but goes on to say that
these same workers will capture most of the gain from expanded
production in their own wages.
The authors write, “…while unlawful immigrants make the
American economic pie larger, they
themselves consume most of the slice that their labor adds.”
This statement contradicts the
economic theory outlined above and the findings of other
studies. For example, Professor
Leighton Ku and lecturer Brian Bruen of George Washington
University studied data from
welfare programs like Medicaid, food stamps and the Children’s
Health Insurance Program.
[vii] They found that the families of low wage immigrant
workers consistently use such
programs less than their native-born counterparts. They also
showed that when these poor
immigrants did accept assistance it was at a lower cost than that
of native families. Immigrants
come here to work; the US taxpayer is not at risk. In the

12. unlikely event an immigrant family does
seek government benefits the cost is low and the long-term
benefits outweigh them.
Our faith and our economics are aligned. Immigration reform is
not just the right thing for
Christians to do, it is good economic policy. There is
widespread consensus among economists
that all forms of immigration improve the country’s standard of
living. Immigrant workers keep
prices lower by accepting many unwanted jobs, starting new
businesses, and increasing overall
worker productivity. With reduced barriers to legal
immigration families are more likely to
remain together and poverty rates will decline. Finally, the data
don’t support any suggestion
immigrants are a burden to U.S. taxpayers. The United States’
immigration policies should be
reformed so that we better respect the God-given dignity of
every person, reduce the risk of
poverty by keeping families together, and grow the economy
faster for the benefit of all.
Peter R. Crabb is Professor of Finance and Economics at
Northwest Nazarene University in

13. Nampa, Idaho. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the
University of Oregon and an MBA in
Finance from the University of Colorado. His research in
economics and finance is published in
the Journal of Business, the Journal of Microfinance, and the
International Review of Economics
and Finance, among others.
Pass immigration reform bill to improve national security:
Carlos
Gutierrez
The tragic events that transpired in Boston strengthened our
resolve as Americans and served as
a poignant reminder that in today's world, borders alone will
never be enough to separate us from
those who seek to do us harm.
The fact remains that both law enforcement and our federal
government are forced to confront
21st-century challenges with the rusted tools of an outdated and
broken immigration system.
Today 11 million undocumented people are in the United States
illegally, living under de facto

14. amnesty. The recent terrorist attack in Boston reinforces the
notion that this is an unacceptable
status quo.
As long as Washington fails to act, these numbers will continue
to climb.
The Senate immigration reform bill unveiled by the Group of
Eight is grounded in common
sense and strives to protect our homeland by securing the border
with the toughest security and
immigration enforcement laws in U.S. history.
Rightly, the bill avoids amnesty, reduces instances of human
error and builds upon recent
investments in our nation's defense by requiring verification
systems to be implemented for
every international sea- and airport in the United States.
The bill also deports illegal immigrants guilty of serious crimes
and requires those who remain in
America to become invested in American culture by learning
English, paying taxes and fines,
proving they have a job, then going to the back of the line for at
least 13 years.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/294893-gang-of-eight-
vows-to-defeat-immigration-bill-poison-pills

15. No one will have the opportunity to apply for citizenship, or
receive federal assistance, until
these rigorous new border security measures are in place.
While some in Washington believe the events in Boston should
delay our efforts to rectify this
broken system, conservative leaders strongly disagree with any
wrongheaded desire for
complacency.
Congressman Paul Ryan said, "We have a broken immigration
system and, if anything, what we
see in Boston is that we have to fix and modernize our
immigration system for lots of reasons."
And Sen. Marco Rubio concurred when he cited his
disagreement with those who say that the
terrorist attack in Boston has no bearing on the immigration
debate: "If there are flaws in our
immigration system that were exposed by the attack in Boston,
any immigration reform passed
by Congress this year should address those flaws."
A single day deferred on our journey toward more effective
border enforcement is a day wasted
in strengthening our national economy and bolstering domestic

16. security. Decades of wasted days
have led to porous borders and limited means by which we can
account for who is entering our
country.
The world we live in today has bred a need for action in
America when it comes to defending our
homeland. In recent years, we have become all too familiar with
the fact that eternal vigilance is
the best means by which we can defend ourselves against
domestic threats.
In order to accomplish this, law enforcement must be provided
with the resources and funding to
get the job done. The comprehensive immigration reform
legislation unveiled last month offers
critical means toward achieving these ends. Further delay of a
transparent and constructive
hearing process on this legislation is misguided and will only
lead to further hampering of our
efforts to protect America.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/04/boston-
bombings-adds-pressure-to-immigration-bill.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/04/boston-
bombings-adds-pressure-to-immigration-bill.html

17. Part 3 Donald Trump
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-epic-statement-
on-mexico-2015-7
part 5 Indigenous critiques of immigration form 1st article
http://www.indigenousaction.org/comprehensive-immigration-
reform-is-anti-immigrant-anti-indigenous/
part6 Indigenous critiques of immig reform 2nd article
http://oodhamsolidarity.blogspot.com/2010/04/movement-
demands-autonomy-oodham.html
Assignment #7
1) Read and summarize Falcon and Fregoso’s articles. 1 page
Be sure to address: How are they linking gender violence to the
border? How do they think
capitalism and national security contribute to gender violence?
What do they think is the
importance of transnational activism (and what is transnational
activism?)
2) Read the other articles that outline different perspectives on
immigration reform: 1-1/2
pages
a) Donald Trump
b) Republicans for immigration reform (note, there are two
blogs cut and paste into the
document, read both)

18. c) Indigenous critiques of immigration reform
d) Escobar: Critiques of anti-Blackness in immigration rights
organizing
What are the different assumptions and perspectives behind
these debates? Is there any room for
common ground? What is your analysis and why?
WHAT IS NEXT FOR RETIRED MILITARY
SPOUSEPROBLEM:
There is a lot of military’s spouse who chooses to stay at home
while their spouse was active in the military. The reason can
range from being new to state or country and not trusting or
knowing anyone who can babysit their child. On the other hand,
since one parent is away overseas and they did not want to
subject their child to having one parent away and another parent
gone for eight hours a day. Whatever the reason may be once
the active duty personnel are retired what next for the stay at
home parent. Their spouse income will dramatically decrease
leaving the household in a bind. Some programs focused on the
spouse of active duty personnel but not any programs that
concentrate on the retired personnel spouse.OBJECTIVE
The stay at home spouse of retired military personnel might
have to go to work to help supplement their spouse’s retirement
check. If the stayed at home spouse does not have the desired
skills an employer seeks, that spouse might need to learn new
skill s or brush up on their old skills to gain employment or to
become employable. America still care about retired military
families
A. This program will put money back in the economy. Making
people employable and educatedMarrying employers with eager

19. unemployed retired military personnel’s spouse
B. Not only do retired personnel need to readapt into civilian
world their spouses need the same training and education offer
to their spouses.1. Right before an active duty a personnel
decides to retire the military sends them to classes.1. Anywhere
from resume’s writing classes, job fairs, and these classes is to
help them to readjust to civilian life.
[Example]
[Support]
[Example]
[Example]The program (METHOD)
A. Will focus on retired military souse who is interested in
going back into the workforce who lack the skills and or
training1. Computer classesResume writing classes
B. All in one stop1. Job fairsMock interviews
C. Linking1. Social services
Legal services Funding (BUDGET)
A. Grants1. Tuition Private scholarship
B. Private funding1. Volunteers Partnership with the VA C.
DISSEMINATION1. Saint Leo UniversityVA Hospital Bulletin
BoardsHuman Service personnel Conclusion
A. What’s next for military families
B. In powering retired military spouse with education and
reintroducing them back in to the workforce
[Revisit introduction or tie all ideas together]
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