The document outlines the US welfare system, including its history, current issues, and economic analyses. It notes that there are over 80 services provided, from food assistance to Medicaid to job training programs. The history discusses the origins of welfare in the late 1800s through programs established in the New Deal era and 1990s welfare reform. Current issues addressed include drug testing recipients and debates around its costs and impacts. Economic analyses consider both the benefits of putting money back into local economies but also the high costs to taxpayers.

1. Welfare System

2. Road Map
• 80+ Services
• History
• Current Social Issues
• Positive Economic Analysis
• Negative Economic Analysis
• Recommendation
• Questions?

3. 80+ Services in Welfare Program
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4. 80+ Services in Welfare Program
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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

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13. Questions?