Faith Stadnyk Mccourt ENG3U April 24th‚ 2014 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients According to a study on the government of Canada’s website‚ in 2003‚ 1.7 million people were on government assistance and that number has continued to grow. The current unemployment rate in Canada is 7.2% and many of those families rely on the government to put food on the table‚ a roof over their heads and clothes on their bodies‚ meaning that money is absolutely necessary. However‚ working citizens are
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been propounding the ways to improve quality of life‚ which is difficult to achieve if the population remains unchecked. India launched a nation-wide Family Welfare Program in 1952‚ during the first five year plan‚ making it the first country in the world to do so. COMPONENTS The National family welfare Program in India has five components: A. Maternal and child health‚ extended to reproduction and child health care. B. Immunization of pregnant women by tetanus toxoid
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Patrick Cassidy PHL 215 3/23/10 Ethics of Welfare and Government Assistance When the topic of welfare is brought into an ethical discussion most individuals would surely see it as an ethical act that genuinely helps those in need. This is true to an extent‚ but is it possible that welfare does more harm than good? Most would argue that the hand out of money to those less fortunate is being socially responsible. The question that drives this ethical issue is where does social responsibility
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County‚ nearly half of two-thousand youth‚ who age out of foster care‚ end up homeless or incarcerated. Social welfare policy in this country is in desperate need of repair and reform. This analysis is not only based on the Alliance for Children’s Rights statistics but on my own personal experiences and testimony‚ as a product of the foster care system. Foster parents and group home staff should not only be required to take educational courses for dealing with behavioral and emotional conditions but
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Composition and Rhetoric 23 April 2010 Illegal Immigration and the Welfare State “We must end welfare state subsidies for illegal immigrants. Some illegal immigrants—certainly not all—receive housing subsidies‚ food stamps‚ free medical care‚ and other forms of welfare.” In this statement by Ron Paul‚ a Texas congressman‚ it is obvious that this subject needs a serious look into modifying our current guidelines. He also states‚ “Illegal immigrants place a tremendous strain on social entitlement
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ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN SOCIAL WELFARE A Government consists of group of people who govern a state. The proper governing of state plays a very important role in the development of a country. The government should take all necessary steps for the betterment of the country and its people. A democratic country is for the people‚ by the people and to the people. Therefore government of any country should act wisely for the development of the community. Social welfare is a policy in which the well being
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CHAPTER ONE SITUATION ANALYIS To be able to come up with a good child welfare advocacy‚ the group assessed the external and internal situation. This chapter evaluates the situations and trends in a particular advocacy. It provides the information needed for planning. Background of Child Welfare Child welfare is a government- run service for protecting children and young people who are underage which are still vulnerable to abuses like commercial sexual exploitation‚ trafficking‚ child labor
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Cultural Competency in Child Welfare Cultural Competency in Child Welfare Cultural Competency is a must in child welfare. Social workers must break the barriors between their own culture and other cultures. Samantrai (2004) said that cultural competency is defined as “ways of thinking and behaving that enable members of one cultural‚ ethnic‚ or linguistic group to work effectively with members of another.” For us to understand a culture‚ we must be aware of our own culture
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meant to love and care for them. “Dozens of abused and neglected children died last year‚ often in their own homes at the hands of a trusted caregiver. These tragedies underscore a gaping hole in our welfare system. Worst of all‚ many of these deaths could have been prevented.” (Smith.) The welfare system sends children back to abusive homes to follow the policy of keeping the kids with relatives. Because many kids are taken from their families it is important to make sure that they are going to
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Valbona Bajrami Stop welfare abuse to build the work ethics America the promised land‚ America with 37 million poor citizens living under welfare recipients! But‚ are all these people really poor? Are all these people in real need to live in the shoulders of American taxpayer‚ or are they “spineless creatures” who abuse state benefits? These questions deserve to be answers for all taxpayers who not only sweat by working‚ but they must also pay for all those that are nothing more than parasites
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