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Chapter 2.
A Brief History of
The American
Social Welfare
State
The English
Poor Laws
 Early on welfare was responsibility of churches or left up to
communities and neighbors
 Those with money built almshouses, hospitals, and even
infrastructure
 Other Poor Laws required the government to take responsibility
for beggars and vagabond
 Although criminalized homelessness, it forced authorities to gather
resources to care for the poor, sick, disabled and elderly
 Also, assisted those who could work to find work and provide
education to children
 1572 – Mandatory tax enacted to help provide for the poor
 1601 – Elizabethan Poor Laws – enacted to “control” the poor.
Those who could not be employed would receive an allowance in
order to prevent from them becoming disruptive
The English
Poor Laws
 Separated the “deserving” poor from the “undeserving” poor
 The underserving were beggars, vagabonds, drunks and the lazy
 Those underserving were made to work for their assistance
 Those who refused to work could be sent to jail or sentence to death
 The worthy poor were those who were blind, the lame, orphans,
those who lost their job due to no fault of their own
 Origins of the Poor Laws
The Poor in
Colonial
America
 Colonies adopted many aspects of the English Poor Laws
 Assigned responsibilities for their residents to the county or parish
where the person lived
 Community members took care of each other (e.g., providing
housing, food, etc.)
 Smaller towns auctioned off the poor, found them a home, or
apprenticed out children
 Less than 1% received help from outside sources
 Outsiders were shunned from public assistance, though they were
compassionate towards those less fortunate in their towns
 Residency requirements were enacted in order to receive assistance
 Not until the mid 1800’s did the federal government begins to
accept limited responsibility for the poor
The Poor in
Colonial
America
 Almshouses begin to appear in the 1700s.They are buildings built
by charitable person or entity to house the poor.
 In small towns, the town council would auction off the poor, place
them in the home of others at public expense, apprentice out
children or send them to privately operated almshouse
 Public assistance was mainly for those who lived in the county or
parish.Outsiders were not allowed to received assistance.
 “Warning Out” - newcomers were encourage to continue on if they
were indigent.
 “Passing on” – returning the person to the county or parish where
they came from
SocialWelfare
in theCivil
War Era
 The Federal government resisted
involvement in care for the poor and the
needy, but few incident demonstrated
the need for their involvement.
 Dorothea Dix , a Sunday school teacher
who advocated for the mentally ill after
volunteering at an asylum.
 Mentally ill were sent to almshouses,
prisons or mental institutions
 Treatment was poor suffering sexual
assault, mistreatment, neglect, etc.
 DD concluded that the problem needed
intervention at government level both
state and federal
 1854 Congress passed a bill providing
funding for programs for the mentally ill
 Bill was vetoed by President Pierce
SocialWelfare
in theCivil
War Era
 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, andAbandoned Lands – 1865
 Federal response to the aftermath of the CivilWar and assistedAfrican
Americans in their transition to freedom
 Provided assistance to former slaves without job skills, land or jobs.
Provided food, housing opportunities, medical treatment, judicial
system for AA, college programs and financial assistant.
 One of the earliest involvements of Federal Government in providing
social services
 The Freedman’s Bureau was disbanned in 1872 by act of Congress
Industrializati
on and the
Voluntary
Sector
 Industrialization
 From 1870 to 1920, the U.S. experienced a sharp increase in the number
of migrants arriving from rural areas and foreign countries
 Increase in population in urban areas led to:
 Poor sanitation and increased health concern
 Scarcity of jobs and low wages
 Overcrowding; lack of housing
 Lack of resources and mounting expenses for social welfare programs
Industrializati
on and the
Voluntary
Sector
 Early social work was conducted by volunteers in communities and
through churches; interdependence was key
 Charity Organization Societies (COS)
 Credited with being the first social workers and inventors of the
casework system
 Composed of volunteers and agency representatives who
performed who studied cases of social problems and ways to
address them
 “Friendly visitor” offered advice and oversaw the family's
progress.
 They believed that unregulated and unsupervised relief caused
rather than cured poverty so a volunteer
 Preferred to give advice and encourage people to work
 Believed that too much charity caused dependency and
laziness
Settlement
Houses
 Started to house and service immigrant and low-income
families by people of means
 Staffed by students, single women, teachers, doctors,
lawyers
 Provided housing like a Almshous but also additional
supportive services, including helping with job searches,
casework, counseling, group therapy, adult education, and
childcare
 They also advocated for social reform. Formed advocacy
groups, studied causes of pauperism and inform the public
 Similar to modern day social work
JaneAddams,
Mother of
SocialWork
 Mother of SocialWork
 Jane Addams gained
prominence through her
writing, settlement work, and
international efforts for
peace.
 Winner of Nobel Peace Prize
 Jane Addams
 Started Hull House in Chicago
JaneAddams,
Mother of
SocialWork
 Considered a historical
landmark
 Operates as a museum
 Located on the campus of
University of Illinois
TheSocial
Casework
Agency
 The birth of social work profession
 Normally headed and run by female volunteers
 Received funding from direct donations, “Community Chests” (think
UnitedWay) and foundations
 Origins of accountability in non-profit work
 Led to organized services being provided, tracking and budgeting
 Practiced “social diagnosis” in case intervention; origins of evidence-
based practice.
 Followed profession like Psychology
 Methods employed by caseworkers included diagnosis, interviewing,
prognosis, planning, treatment and re-education
 Practice of casework spread to medical clinics, family planning agencies,
probation offices, welfare offices, etc.
Progressive
Movement
 From early 1900’s until beginning ofWorldWar I
 Tried to inject morality into the U.S.’s social, political and economic
affairs
 Believed that government should take care of its people
 Skeptical of big business and emphasized ethics in government,
business and private lives
 Theodore Roosevelt proposed natural resource conservation and civil
service reform Pro-woman movement that protected their rights to a
minimum wage and as a result of suffrage movement, help women get
the right to vote in federal elections in 1920.
Progressive
Movement
 PresidentWilson curved monopolies by enacting the Antitrust Act of
1914, created better working conditions for those working in interstate
and internationalCommerce,Workers’ Compensation for federal
workers, federal aid to states for construction of federal highways and
education programs for farmers
 Prohibition – enacted on 1920 until 1933; a nationwide constitutional
ban on the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol
 Social workers were in favor of prohibition
 Widely unpopular around the country
 Prohibition History
 The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
TheGreat
Depression
 Stock Market crashed October 1929
 Unemployment reached 24%
 More people emigrated from the United States than migrated
 Birth rate dropped
 20 million people sought relief
 Cities around the country refused services to non-whites
 Farmers protested against foreclosures and banks repossessing their
property
 Federal government did nothing. Hoover opted for to allow the
economic to recover on their own. Believed that aid to the poor would
weaken social and moral fiber of society
 Charitable services were soon exhausted
TheGreat
Depression &
the New Deal
 What happened?
 FDR takes office in 1933
 New Deal: brought forth the idea of public welfare vs. everyone out for
themselves
 “Relief, Recovery and Reform” - Scale of the poverty led to economic
reform
 Govt. should be compassionate with its people. Some of the first
actions was to provide the basics: food, shelter, and clothing for the
unemployed and their families
 Created the Federal Deposit InsuranceCorporation (FDIC) –
guaranteed the Federal government would insure bank deposits if bank
becomes insolvent
TheGreat
Depression &
the New Deal
 Programs and laws:
 Federal Emergency Relief Administration – distributed $5.2 million
in relief
 National Recovery Act – public works projects that employed
individual to build dams, bridges, libraries and other public
structures
 TennesseeValleyAuthority (TVA) – technological and social
experiment that brought electricity to the South, helped control
flooding, reclaimed land, improved river navigation
 Federal Housing Authority (FHA) – provided first mortgages for
residential property and insurance to lenders against losses on
secured and unsecured loans for repairs and improvements
 CivilianConservationCorps - provided unskilled manual labor jobs
related to the conservation and development of natural
resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local
governments
TheGreat
Depression &
the New Deal
 Programs and laws:
 Social Security of 1935
 Old-age insurance system
 Federal grants to states for maternal and child welfare
services
 Public assistance for dependent children
 Vocational rehabilitation for the handicapped
 Medical care for handicapped children
 Aid to the blind
 A plan to strengthen public health services
 A federal-state unemployment insurance
 Not included: national health care
 Fair Labor Standards Act
 Minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor restrictions
TheGreat
Society
 The Great Society
 EconomicOpportunityAct of 1964 – looked to break the cycle of
poverty, assist the poor into jobs and eventually middle class
 Established the Office of Economic Opportunity
 Implemented programs includingVolunteers in Service to America,
Upward Bound, Operation Head Start, Job Corps, etc.
 Civil Rights Act of 1964 – prohibits discrimination based on race,
religion, sex or national origin. Ended segregation in schools and in the
workplace as well as discriminatory voter registration requirements
 Civil Rights Act of 1965 – eliminated voting barriers directed atAfrican
Americans
 Social Security Act of 1964 – Medicare and Medicaid
 Older Americans Act of 1965 – national network of agencies to assist
the elderly, e.g. nutrition programs, preventative care, day care, and
other supportive programs
 Food Stamps
OtherWelfare
Highlights
 Nixon’s
 SSI – Supplemental Security Income – income for the elderly and
then disabled
 Federal funding for food stamps program
 Earned IncomeTax Credit – provides relief for the working class;
offsets Social Security tax, high food and energy prices
 Reagan
 
 Believed spending on welfare programs should be minimal, only
the truly needy should receive assistance and that help should be
short termed
 Trickled-down economics
 Poverty levels rose from 26 million to 33 million during his
presidency
OtherWelfare
Highlights
 George H.W. Bush
 Americans with DisabilitiesAct - “equality of opportunity, full
participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency.”
 Sweeping changes in the treatment of disabled; provided protections
against discrimination in the workplace and public places, requires
employers and schools to provide reasonable accommodations
 Bill Clinton
 Ryan White Care Act – funding for AIDS research and placed AIDS/HIV
patients under Americans with DisabilitiesAct
 Personal Responsibility and Work OpportunityAct of 1996
 Eliminated entitlement to public assistance
 TANF –Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
 Included work requirements and strict rules requirement in order for the
family to be able to collect welfare
OtherWelfare
Highlights
 George W. Bush
 No Child Left Behind – aimed to improve academic achievement and
improve teacher quality
 Medicare Part D – prescription drug program for seniors with Medicare
 Barack Obama
 Affordable Care Act – Obamacare – federally run healthcare program that
provided health insurance for all. Expanded Medicaid coverage to include
preventative care and provided additional subsidies for care.

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Chapter 2 a brief history of the american social welfare state

  • 1. Chapter 2. A Brief History of The American Social Welfare State
  • 2. The English Poor Laws  Early on welfare was responsibility of churches or left up to communities and neighbors  Those with money built almshouses, hospitals, and even infrastructure  Other Poor Laws required the government to take responsibility for beggars and vagabond  Although criminalized homelessness, it forced authorities to gather resources to care for the poor, sick, disabled and elderly  Also, assisted those who could work to find work and provide education to children  1572 – Mandatory tax enacted to help provide for the poor  1601 – Elizabethan Poor Laws – enacted to “control” the poor. Those who could not be employed would receive an allowance in order to prevent from them becoming disruptive
  • 3. The English Poor Laws  Separated the “deserving” poor from the “undeserving” poor  The underserving were beggars, vagabonds, drunks and the lazy  Those underserving were made to work for their assistance  Those who refused to work could be sent to jail or sentence to death  The worthy poor were those who were blind, the lame, orphans, those who lost their job due to no fault of their own  Origins of the Poor Laws
  • 4. The Poor in Colonial America  Colonies adopted many aspects of the English Poor Laws  Assigned responsibilities for their residents to the county or parish where the person lived  Community members took care of each other (e.g., providing housing, food, etc.)  Smaller towns auctioned off the poor, found them a home, or apprenticed out children  Less than 1% received help from outside sources  Outsiders were shunned from public assistance, though they were compassionate towards those less fortunate in their towns  Residency requirements were enacted in order to receive assistance  Not until the mid 1800’s did the federal government begins to accept limited responsibility for the poor
  • 5. The Poor in Colonial America  Almshouses begin to appear in the 1700s.They are buildings built by charitable person or entity to house the poor.  In small towns, the town council would auction off the poor, place them in the home of others at public expense, apprentice out children or send them to privately operated almshouse  Public assistance was mainly for those who lived in the county or parish.Outsiders were not allowed to received assistance.  “Warning Out” - newcomers were encourage to continue on if they were indigent.  “Passing on” – returning the person to the county or parish where they came from
  • 6. SocialWelfare in theCivil War Era  The Federal government resisted involvement in care for the poor and the needy, but few incident demonstrated the need for their involvement.  Dorothea Dix , a Sunday school teacher who advocated for the mentally ill after volunteering at an asylum.  Mentally ill were sent to almshouses, prisons or mental institutions  Treatment was poor suffering sexual assault, mistreatment, neglect, etc.  DD concluded that the problem needed intervention at government level both state and federal  1854 Congress passed a bill providing funding for programs for the mentally ill  Bill was vetoed by President Pierce
  • 7. SocialWelfare in theCivil War Era  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, andAbandoned Lands – 1865  Federal response to the aftermath of the CivilWar and assistedAfrican Americans in their transition to freedom  Provided assistance to former slaves without job skills, land or jobs. Provided food, housing opportunities, medical treatment, judicial system for AA, college programs and financial assistant.  One of the earliest involvements of Federal Government in providing social services  The Freedman’s Bureau was disbanned in 1872 by act of Congress
  • 8. Industrializati on and the Voluntary Sector  Industrialization  From 1870 to 1920, the U.S. experienced a sharp increase in the number of migrants arriving from rural areas and foreign countries  Increase in population in urban areas led to:  Poor sanitation and increased health concern  Scarcity of jobs and low wages  Overcrowding; lack of housing  Lack of resources and mounting expenses for social welfare programs
  • 9. Industrializati on and the Voluntary Sector  Early social work was conducted by volunteers in communities and through churches; interdependence was key  Charity Organization Societies (COS)  Credited with being the first social workers and inventors of the casework system  Composed of volunteers and agency representatives who performed who studied cases of social problems and ways to address them  “Friendly visitor” offered advice and oversaw the family's progress.  They believed that unregulated and unsupervised relief caused rather than cured poverty so a volunteer  Preferred to give advice and encourage people to work  Believed that too much charity caused dependency and laziness
  • 10. Settlement Houses  Started to house and service immigrant and low-income families by people of means  Staffed by students, single women, teachers, doctors, lawyers  Provided housing like a Almshous but also additional supportive services, including helping with job searches, casework, counseling, group therapy, adult education, and childcare  They also advocated for social reform. Formed advocacy groups, studied causes of pauperism and inform the public  Similar to modern day social work
  • 11. JaneAddams, Mother of SocialWork  Mother of SocialWork  Jane Addams gained prominence through her writing, settlement work, and international efforts for peace.  Winner of Nobel Peace Prize  Jane Addams  Started Hull House in Chicago
  • 12. JaneAddams, Mother of SocialWork  Considered a historical landmark  Operates as a museum  Located on the campus of University of Illinois
  • 13. TheSocial Casework Agency  The birth of social work profession  Normally headed and run by female volunteers  Received funding from direct donations, “Community Chests” (think UnitedWay) and foundations  Origins of accountability in non-profit work  Led to organized services being provided, tracking and budgeting  Practiced “social diagnosis” in case intervention; origins of evidence- based practice.  Followed profession like Psychology  Methods employed by caseworkers included diagnosis, interviewing, prognosis, planning, treatment and re-education  Practice of casework spread to medical clinics, family planning agencies, probation offices, welfare offices, etc.
  • 14. Progressive Movement  From early 1900’s until beginning ofWorldWar I  Tried to inject morality into the U.S.’s social, political and economic affairs  Believed that government should take care of its people  Skeptical of big business and emphasized ethics in government, business and private lives  Theodore Roosevelt proposed natural resource conservation and civil service reform Pro-woman movement that protected their rights to a minimum wage and as a result of suffrage movement, help women get the right to vote in federal elections in 1920.
  • 15. Progressive Movement  PresidentWilson curved monopolies by enacting the Antitrust Act of 1914, created better working conditions for those working in interstate and internationalCommerce,Workers’ Compensation for federal workers, federal aid to states for construction of federal highways and education programs for farmers  Prohibition – enacted on 1920 until 1933; a nationwide constitutional ban on the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol  Social workers were in favor of prohibition  Widely unpopular around the country  Prohibition History  The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
  • 16. TheGreat Depression  Stock Market crashed October 1929  Unemployment reached 24%  More people emigrated from the United States than migrated  Birth rate dropped  20 million people sought relief  Cities around the country refused services to non-whites  Farmers protested against foreclosures and banks repossessing their property  Federal government did nothing. Hoover opted for to allow the economic to recover on their own. Believed that aid to the poor would weaken social and moral fiber of society  Charitable services were soon exhausted
  • 17. TheGreat Depression & the New Deal  What happened?  FDR takes office in 1933  New Deal: brought forth the idea of public welfare vs. everyone out for themselves  “Relief, Recovery and Reform” - Scale of the poverty led to economic reform  Govt. should be compassionate with its people. Some of the first actions was to provide the basics: food, shelter, and clothing for the unemployed and their families  Created the Federal Deposit InsuranceCorporation (FDIC) – guaranteed the Federal government would insure bank deposits if bank becomes insolvent
  • 18. TheGreat Depression & the New Deal  Programs and laws:  Federal Emergency Relief Administration – distributed $5.2 million in relief  National Recovery Act – public works projects that employed individual to build dams, bridges, libraries and other public structures  TennesseeValleyAuthority (TVA) – technological and social experiment that brought electricity to the South, helped control flooding, reclaimed land, improved river navigation  Federal Housing Authority (FHA) – provided first mortgages for residential property and insurance to lenders against losses on secured and unsecured loans for repairs and improvements  CivilianConservationCorps - provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments
  • 19. TheGreat Depression & the New Deal  Programs and laws:  Social Security of 1935  Old-age insurance system  Federal grants to states for maternal and child welfare services  Public assistance for dependent children  Vocational rehabilitation for the handicapped  Medical care for handicapped children  Aid to the blind  A plan to strengthen public health services  A federal-state unemployment insurance  Not included: national health care  Fair Labor Standards Act  Minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor restrictions
  • 20. TheGreat Society  The Great Society  EconomicOpportunityAct of 1964 – looked to break the cycle of poverty, assist the poor into jobs and eventually middle class  Established the Office of Economic Opportunity  Implemented programs includingVolunteers in Service to America, Upward Bound, Operation Head Start, Job Corps, etc.  Civil Rights Act of 1964 – prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, sex or national origin. Ended segregation in schools and in the workplace as well as discriminatory voter registration requirements  Civil Rights Act of 1965 – eliminated voting barriers directed atAfrican Americans  Social Security Act of 1964 – Medicare and Medicaid  Older Americans Act of 1965 – national network of agencies to assist the elderly, e.g. nutrition programs, preventative care, day care, and other supportive programs  Food Stamps
  • 21. OtherWelfare Highlights  Nixon’s  SSI – Supplemental Security Income – income for the elderly and then disabled  Federal funding for food stamps program  Earned IncomeTax Credit – provides relief for the working class; offsets Social Security tax, high food and energy prices  Reagan    Believed spending on welfare programs should be minimal, only the truly needy should receive assistance and that help should be short termed  Trickled-down economics  Poverty levels rose from 26 million to 33 million during his presidency
  • 22. OtherWelfare Highlights  George H.W. Bush  Americans with DisabilitiesAct - “equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency.”  Sweeping changes in the treatment of disabled; provided protections against discrimination in the workplace and public places, requires employers and schools to provide reasonable accommodations  Bill Clinton  Ryan White Care Act – funding for AIDS research and placed AIDS/HIV patients under Americans with DisabilitiesAct  Personal Responsibility and Work OpportunityAct of 1996  Eliminated entitlement to public assistance  TANF –Temporary Assistance for Needy Families  Included work requirements and strict rules requirement in order for the family to be able to collect welfare
  • 23. OtherWelfare Highlights  George W. Bush  No Child Left Behind – aimed to improve academic achievement and improve teacher quality  Medicare Part D – prescription drug program for seniors with Medicare  Barack Obama  Affordable Care Act – Obamacare – federally run healthcare program that provided health insurance for all. Expanded Medicaid coverage to include preventative care and provided additional subsidies for care.

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