The Welfare System In The 1930's

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In the 1930’s the federal government created the national welfare system to help many needy Americans after the Great Depression. Monies from the federal government was provided to states to help millions of poor children, widows, the elderly and the disabled. Since then the national welfare system has expanded broadly in coverage. From its establishment, the system has drawn in many critics’ complaints of not doing enough to get many people to work. Others believe that the federal government should not administer a welfare system. The welfare system aids in child care/support, disability assistance, education/training, food/nutrition, healthcare and with Medicare and Medicaid. However, without any aid from the government, millions of

Many working single mothers rely on welfare. Most single mothers have no help from their child’s father and has no choice but to do what she can for her family on her own. A. single mother with a low-paying job, it is essential to keep a job so they can pay for food and shelter for their children. Problems come into play when the needs of the family overlap the demands from the employer. Low paying jobs can lead a single mother’s household on the verge of disaster due too little to no flexibility and very few benefits. Some results suggest that the passage of states’ TANF (Temporary Assistance Needy Families) reforms had mostly beneficial effects on subjective well-being (Herbst, Ifcher, & Zarhamgee, 2016). TANF has many resources including Medicaid to bridge the gap to help a single mother that cannot

Many of the homeless people today that are on the streets are living in homeless shelters at night and are walking the streets by day. Although the police, benevolent charities, social workers, urban planners, politicians have all tried to make the problem go away, homelessness has stubbornly refused to yield to their interventions. The population may grow or contract, and demographics may change from older male alcoholics to young mothers of color with several children, but homelessness itself remains-a deeply rooted and troubling reminder that even in relatively and prosperous times there are some people who barely scrape by (Blau, J (2014) p.524). In combination with the decline of low-wage jobs, cutbacks in social welfare, and mental health policies that both denationalize the mentally ill and make it harder for the seriously deturbed to obtain care, these policies brought a major increase in both the size of the homeless population and as it scattered throughout the city, its visibility (Blau, J (2014) p.527). Many of the people of the people that are homeless are homeless due to the fact of them not having enough income to be able to afford the necessities and to be able to support their selves and/or their children. Being said that, there is not an alternate to welfare. IF there were not any welfare at all the homeless rates would skyrocket and the streets would be flooded with homeless