FAML 430 Exam # 4

Question 1

Lions Club

Answer 1

Blindness

humanitarian service

Question 2

Rotary

Answer 2

Polio eradication

acquaintance as an opportunity for service

oldest club

Question 3

Kiwanis

Answer 3

Children

improve the world on child and community at a time

native american word meaning “we build” or “we share talents”

Question 4

Why is there increasing pressure on non-profit orgs to improve and expand services?

Answer 4

to secure new financing, especially grants

Question 5

Preventative family support agencies

Answer 5

Occurs before a crisis:
-Parks
-Recreation
-Education

Question 6

Supportive family support agencies

Answer 6

Occur during an crisis:
Counseling
Child Care
Foster Care/Adoption

Question 7

Rehabilitative family support agencies

Answer 7

Occur after crisis:
Prison and correction
Mental Health
Addiction Recovery

Question 8

Legislative act that initiated moden welfare in the US

Answer 8

social security act of 1935

Question 9

Programs created by New Deal or social security act

Answer 9

social security
unemployment insurance
aid to dependent

Question 10

President Lyndon B. Johnson expanded the US welfare in his war on ___________________

Answer 10

Poverty

Book the other American

Hand out became hand up

Question 11

Head Start

Answer 11

Johnson

Question 12

Aid to Dependents

Answer 12

Franklin D Roosevelt

Question 13

Welfare Queen

Answer 13

Reagan

Question 14

Failed work based Welfare Program

Answer 14

Clinton

Question 15

TANF

Answer 15

Clinton

Question 16

Americorp

Answer 16

Given new name and expanded during Clinton administration

Question 17

Fixing v helping v serving

Answer 17

Fixing - form of judgement that creates distance and disconnection

Helping - connotes a relationship of non equals, it’s based on inequality

Serving - relationship based on equals

Question 18

Smith lever act of 1914

Answer 18

established cooperative extension services

Question 19

Morrill Acts

Answer 19

Gave states plots of land to build state university

Question 20

Essay Question:
Considering Naomi Remen’s (author of “In Service of Life,”) distinction between helping, fixing, and service, how would you recommend a community program addressing poverty serve those in need?

Answer 20

-serving someone means seeing them as whole and essential to solving the problem (together the problem can be solved)

-Creating an atmosphere of equals

-allow ourselves to be vulnerable

-avoid judgement and seeing people as broken

Question 21

Essay Question:
Anderson and Doherty (2005) contrast the “tradition program approach” to community intervention with that of the “Families and Democracy Model or citizen approach”. Share three differences between the two approaches.

Answer 21

Program scope is individual families
Citizen scope is communities of families

Program - professional defines problem after assessment or request for help
Citizen - communities of families define problem with professional input

Program is oriented towards taking good care of families
Citizen is oriented towards creative partnership to build a better world

Question 22

Essay Question:
There are seven principles of the “Families and Democracy Model”. List three and briefly describe them.

Answer 22

-done mostly by families themselves

-retrieves its own historical, cultural, and religious traditions

-bold vision (BHAG)

Question 23

Essay Question:
According to Doherty, what are the characteristics and actions of a “citizen professional”? Identify and briefly describe three.

Answer 23

-See yourself as a citizen first, and a professional second

-working with others as an equal rather than an expert who is helping them

-avoiding judgement or seeing those we serve as broken.

Question 24

Essay Question:
You are a finalist for the position of CEO of a small nonprofit serving children, who are victims of abuse. The boar of directors has asked you to share five important “best practices” that you feel are important to the sustainability and effectiveness of the nonprofit. what five things well you share?

Answer 24

-mission-driven and focused

-Use data for plans, decisions, reporting and accountability

-Clear responsibilities and limits for Board and CEO

-Develop a strong and trained volunteer base

-governing board and working committees are appropriate to needs.

Question 25

Essay Question: How is an insurance system different from a means-tested program? Give an example of each.

Answer 25

Insurance - you pay into and then get a reward later -social security Means-tested (welfare) - no contributions required, must meet income requirements -Food stamps or EBT

Question 26

Essay Question: There is widespread disagreement over how much the government should be involved in various social programs. Sweden has very comprehensive family programs that are sponsored by the government. The USA has few programs. List an argument FOR more government involvement in family programs and an argument AGAINST government involvement.

Answer 26

For: Parents have more time at home, and there is less stigma around taking time off work Against: It takes increased taxes to pay for the social programs

Question 27

Essay Question: Why does Robert Rector in his article, "Poverty and the Social Welfare State in the United States and Other Nations" challenge the idea that we have not done enough in the United States to address poverty compared to other countries?

Answer 27

Measured against a uniform standard the US has a lower poverty rate than the U.K. Standard of living, even for the poor, is higher in the US than most of the world Hunger or undernutrition is less common in the US, even among those in poverty