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SOCIAL POLICY (FOUNDATIONS OF THE WELFARE STATE (Social policy before new…
SOCIAL POLICY
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THE WELFARE STATE
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Programs created to aid « deserving »poor ( Orphanages, schools for the deaf and blind + « Mothers’ pensions » for widows with children + Veterans’ pensions for disabled veterans)
Indoor relief = assistance provided to a recipient housed in an institution ( a settlement house, hospitals, prison or police station poorhouse)
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The Great depression
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Millions of able-bodied, intellectually able, skilled people without jobs or savings
Perceptions of “deserving” and “undeserving” poor shattered, if not dramatically altered
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
FDR signed the Social Security Act on August 14,1935.
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07/30/1965—President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare Bill (as part of the Social Security Amendments of 1965) in the presence of former President Truman who proposed this legislation in his message to Congress in 1945.
OPENING OPORTUNITY
Additional programs and policies designed to promote equality of opportunity ( education, health, housing, employment)
Path to economic prosperity ( Grew out of depression-era focus on targeting factors causally related to poverty)
Funds most often support, not cover, entire costs for these efforts
Education
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Federal government still spends billions on education: financial aid, research grants, supporting programs in K–12 and college/universities
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Goals
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Promote equality of opportunity ( long-term economic benefits to entire society when more are educated, employed)
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