Welfare Poverty Paper

Mandy Sanguigni

Dr. Park

SOC 101

Welfare Poverty Paper

Has Welfare Reform Helped to Alleviate Poverty?

Imagine yourself living on $14,000 each year under the poverty line. One might have trouble paying for child care, medical assistance, or even feeding their own children. One might struggle in finding a stable job or have a difficult time paying for social security income. The following paper will discuss, how welfare and poverty have affected the United States, what type of people are affected in the process, and how one can help provide cash payments for needy families who are under the given poverty line. What does it mean to have poverty? Poverty can mean several things depending on how one views poverty. One might believe it classifies

One might believe that work requirements do little work for those under the poverty line. Others may believe they increase the chance of job opportunity. Many experts believe that work-capability can work or prepare in exchange for receiving government benefits. The welfare law requires cash assistance to participate in work activities, for extending similar work requirements to other public programs. However, one who supports the view that work requirements are highly effected can be explained later on in this paper. For example; most recipients with significant obstacles to employment never found work even after participating in work programs that were otherwise successful. Over the long term, the successful programs support efforts to boost the education and skills of work requirements, rather than simply requiring them to search for work or find a job. Many of those who argued that work requirement in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) have been a major success for mandatory programs conducted either before the creation or during the early years. I believe that many individuals are unlikely to find jobs on their own and have the most to gain from the employment assistance that TANF was supposed to provide. Work requirements rest on the assumption that disadvantaged individuals will work only if they are forced to do so. Despite the efforts that many poor individuals and families put into working

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families represents a majority part of significant of welfare administered by states with federal funding. As for the other changes, welfare is no longer a privilege, and some people in most cases are required to work at least part-time to continue receiving benefits. I believe that federal funds can be used to provide benefits for up to five years, although some states may require less. Overall, poverty will provide financial assistance to children whose families have had at some point low or no income. In addition a specified time period would also prevent the program to not be taken for granted and that would be a program to assist, provide and promote growth for individuals and