Week 4 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Passed in 1601 in England, these Laws embodied the first public legislation outlining a public response to social welfare needs.
Elizabethan Poor Laws
The category of poor that included widows, orphans, the elderly, and people with disabilites. These groups were viewed in this category because their circumstances of need were perceived to be beyond their control
worthy poor
The category of poor that included able-bodied single adults and unmarried women with out-of-wedlock children. These groups were unworthy because either they could work and were not doing so or they did not follow expected social norms.
unworthy poor
Institutions including hospitals, almshouses for the poor, and orphanages for children that were belived to be the way of eliminating social problems through the rehabilitation of poor people & others deemed to have social problems.
indoor relief
A program established by the federal government in 1865 that provided temporary relief for newly freed slaves, managed abandoned and confiscated property, helped to reunite families, provided medical supplies and food rations, and established institutions such as hospitals, schools, and orphanages.
Freedmen’s Bureau
An act passes in 1887 that destroyed Native American culture by dividing native lands among individuals. Needing resources, many Native Americans sold thier land for little money or were cheated out of it. 90 million acres were transferred to whites, and 90,000 American Indians were left homeless.
Dawes Act
This period witnessed a shift in social welfare policy and programs from family & private responsibility to community & government responsibility.
Progressive Era
Two distinct movement that dominated the social service system of the progressive era.
Charity Organization Societies (COS) & The Settlement Movement
Established in 1887, philosophy that social workers should live among the people to best serve the communities. Held that people could become full citizens through participation in social systems, including the family, neighborhood, ethnic groups, and place of employment.
Neighborhood Guild
Culminated in 1920 with passage of the constitutional amendment awarding women (more specifically white women) the right to vote. Women fought for and achived access to higher education and the professions.
suffrage movement
the economic measures introduced by president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to counteract the effects of the Great Depression. It involved a massive public works program, complemented by the large-scale granting of loans, and succeeding in reducing unemployment by between 7 and 10 million.
New Deal
The most significant federal legislation to develop out of the Great Depression and Roosevelt’s New Deal efforts. It represented a major change in the country’s approach to social welfare policies and programs.
Social Security Act of 1935
the groundwork for passage of the Social Security Act was set by these three efforts.
Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
A social welfare program that includes old-age insurace, and unemployment insurance
social insurance
A social welfare program that includes old-Age assistance, aid to dependent children, and aid to the blind
public assistance
An act passed commonly known as the GI bill that reflected the sentiment that the nation owed much to its veterans and therefore funded provisions for education and training, home & business loans, and employment services designed to help the returning soldiers adapt to civilian life.
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
An expansive social welfare legislation introduced in the 1960s designed to help poor Americans
War on Poverty
An act that codified protection of racial minorities by requiring desegregation of public facilities and prohibiting discriminatory hiring practices.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
An act that outlined the administration’s antipoverty attempts
Economic Opportunity Act
Community programs that were provided federal funds for working towards the elimination of poverty
Community Action Programs
A program enacted in 1964 that sought to adress the growing need to alleviate hunger in America
Food Stamp Program
An act that developed a nationwide network to coordinate services for the elderly
Older Americans Act
Two major social welfare programs that address healthcare for the elderly, the poor, and people with disabilites.
Medicare & Medicaid
A program established in 1965 that wanted to prevent poverty by providing services for poor preschool children and their families.
Head Start
