Federalism in Welfare Programs
Federalism In Welfare Programs
POL 201
August 15, 2013
Federalism and Welfare Programs
This essay is to inform you of federal policy issues involving welfare causing conflicting debates between national, state, and local government and how these conflicting issues relate to federalism. Federalism is “A government system where power and authority are shared by national and states governments, with the ultimate authority derived from the people. (Levin-Waldman, 2012). This paper will also describe the history of TANF and discuss debates about the pros and cons of TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and the problems they are intended to solve or improve and the effectiveness of them both.
When people think about welfare they normally think of Medicaid, WIA Work Investment Act, WIC Women, Infants, and Children and of course AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children now TANF, and HUD Housing and Urban Development. They tend to view it as the federal government giving away the countries money and the tax payers hard earned dollars to people who can’t support themselves. Most people do not like the idea regardless of what and some are sympathetic to the poor and think you should help if you can and are financially stable. They may wonder why they can’t support themselves, why don’t they work or go to school, why they are having all these children they can’t take care of. These reasons may vary. They could be a widow or lost their spouse, they could have been laid off from their jobs, or maybe their hours were cut as there could be many other explanations, but there are programs to help people get back into the swing of things such as training seminars, workshops, help with schooling and finding jobs as well as day care assistance, nutritional programs, finding housing and other needs.
Most welfare program are pretty much new but the tradition of welfare is older than the United States. Needy families were based on British poor laws and were
POL 201
August 15, 2013
Federalism and Welfare Programs
This essay is to inform you of federal policy issues involving welfare causing conflicting debates between national, state, and local government and how these conflicting issues relate to federalism. Federalism is “A government system where power and authority are shared by national and states governments, with the ultimate authority derived from the people. (Levin-Waldman, 2012). This paper will also describe the history of TANF and discuss debates about the pros and cons of TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and the problems they are intended to solve or improve and the effectiveness of them both.
When people think about welfare they normally think of Medicaid, WIA Work Investment Act, WIC Women, Infants, and Children and of course AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children now TANF, and HUD Housing and Urban Development. They tend to view it as the federal government giving away the countries money and the tax payers hard earned dollars to people who can’t support themselves. Most people do not like the idea regardless of what and some are sympathetic to the poor and think you should help if you can and are financially stable. They may wonder why they can’t support themselves, why don’t they work or go to school, why they are having all these children they can’t take care of. These reasons may vary. They could be a widow or lost their spouse, they could have been laid off from their jobs, or maybe their hours were cut as there could be many other explanations, but there are programs to help people get back into the swing of things such as training seminars, workshops, help with schooling and finding jobs as well as day care assistance, nutritional programs, finding housing and other needs.
Most welfare program are pretty much new but the tradition of welfare is older than the United States. Needy families were based on British poor laws and were
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