Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need"Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need, Sixth Edition" describes and analyzes the ideas that have shaped the history of social welfare from the Colonial Period to the present day. Using original documents from each respective period through the current Bush Administration, this classic text examines the history of events and ideas that have shaped American social welfare policy. Coverage of economic developments, the impact of voluntarism, the impact of privatization helps students to understand the context of social welfare movements and policies, while material on trends in the justice system include the immigration debate New To This Edition
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... present welfare system , each State provides “ Aid to Families with Dependent Children , ” a program we propose to replace . The Federal government shares the cost , but each State establishes key eli- gibility rules and determines how ...
... present system discourages the move from welfare to work by cutting benefits too fast and too much as earnings begin . The new system would encourage work by allowing the new worker to retain the first $ 720 of his yearly earnings ...
... present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws . ( b ) With respect to any such person who is arrested , and suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws , every law ...