An Important Time for Social Welfare
Tiffany C.
12/02/2013
SW/HIST 320
An Important Time for Social Welfare I can think of so many different times in so many different eras where social welfare has been a huge part of how America functions and how America has grown into such an astonishing place to live, build a life and have a family. Of course with any growing country there has been good times and not so good times but America continues to grow and Americans continue to learn about how important social welfare can be. Social welfare goes as far back as the 1600’s when the first Colonial Poor Law was enacted, stating that the public’s responsibility was to “relief of the poor, to maintain the impotent, and to employ the able and shall appoint an overseer for the same purpose” (http://ctl.cedarville.edu/swk/socialpol/content/timeline.pdf). As we go forward in history there was so many different dates that were important for the growth of the nation such as The New Deal in the 1930’s which was a program that focused on the recovery from the Great Depression or the Social Security Act of 1935 that provides a system of Federal benefits for those who are disabled, elderly or a variety of other reasons. However, in my own opinion I believe the era of Federal social services seemed to be one of the most important eras in developing social welfare. In 1960 President Kennedy was elected into office and his although his term was not the beginning of social welfare he did have a great deal of accomplishments for social welfare that I feel were important. In 1962 the Kennedy Administration increased federal funding to local welfare departments. By doing this they helped welfare departments afford things such as; job training and placement, different types of casework, and allowed states to include two-parent or unemployed families in their Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs. Kennedy played a pretty big role in beginning what was called “The New Frontier”, however his term was cut short due
12/02/2013
SW/HIST 320
An Important Time for Social Welfare I can think of so many different times in so many different eras where social welfare has been a huge part of how America functions and how America has grown into such an astonishing place to live, build a life and have a family. Of course with any growing country there has been good times and not so good times but America continues to grow and Americans continue to learn about how important social welfare can be. Social welfare goes as far back as the 1600’s when the first Colonial Poor Law was enacted, stating that the public’s responsibility was to “relief of the poor, to maintain the impotent, and to employ the able and shall appoint an overseer for the same purpose” (http://ctl.cedarville.edu/swk/socialpol/content/timeline.pdf). As we go forward in history there was so many different dates that were important for the growth of the nation such as The New Deal in the 1930’s which was a program that focused on the recovery from the Great Depression or the Social Security Act of 1935 that provides a system of Federal benefits for those who are disabled, elderly or a variety of other reasons. However, in my own opinion I believe the era of Federal social services seemed to be one of the most important eras in developing social welfare. In 1960 President Kennedy was elected into office and his although his term was not the beginning of social welfare he did have a great deal of accomplishments for social welfare that I feel were important. In 1962 the Kennedy Administration increased federal funding to local welfare departments. By doing this they helped welfare departments afford things such as; job training and placement, different types of casework, and allowed states to include two-parent or unemployed families in their Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs. Kennedy played a pretty big role in beginning what was called “The New Frontier”, however his term was cut short due