Human Rights at Home and Abroad: Past, Present, and Future

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Janice Artman, Melissa Moschella, Laura Renninger and Marissa Warner, Bloomsburg University Welfare in America Abstract What will become of America if welfare continues to be misused by U.S. citizens? Will people who in fact need help be able to receive welfare or will the misuse of other individuals ruin the primary purpose of welfare? This research paper discusses the primary purpose of welfare, the requirements to be qualified for welfare, the misuses of welfare programs, and finally the present and future state of welfare programs in America. Primary Purpose of Welfare Programs Welfare began in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Welfare is when a family or individual receives financial help from the government because they have little or no income to support themselves. Before welfare, some individuals were in numerous financial troubles and didn‘t have much to look upon for support. The Great Depression began in the 1930s while President Herbert Hoover was in office. President Hoover had a very optimistic attitude and thought the economy would sort itself out (50 Interesting Facts about the Great Depression). This ended up not being the case, the financial markets crashed and people started naming things after President Hoover because he ended up being wrong about the economy. People would call food that they got from the soup kitchen Hoover Stews. They would call shanty towns Hoovervilles. People even had to use newspapers as blankets, which they called Hoover Blankets. Jack rabbits that they would use as food would be called Hoover Hogs. Hoover Wagons were named off of people using mulls to pull their cars because they couldn‘t afford to get gas or fix them. During the Great Depression, the unemployment rate increased to 25% and the gross domestic profit 7
dropped to 25% (50 Interesting Facts about the Great Depression). Many people were affected by this financial crisis and things were very horrific. Prior to the Great Depression, Congress supported various programs to assist the poor. One of these programs was the Civil War Pension Program. This plan provided financial support to Civil War Veterans and their families (The History of Welfare). However, not much was there to help financially support individual families and their children. In 1932, President Franklin D. Roosevelt came into office and he had a very optimistic attitude about the financial crisis and was very hopeful to the future. He wanted to try and find ways to help the people and economy. President Roosevelt established programs that were known as the New Deal to help farmers and curve the unemployment rate in the United States (The History of Welfare). The Social Security Act was amended in 1935 and this act had many programs along with it to help aid various people of the population. Along with this act was a program called Aid to Dependent Children (AFDC). The program guaranteed cash assistance to families that didn‘t have enough money to support their children (The History of Welfare). Federal legislation required the states to provide assistance to all eligible families. For these programs, the federal government and the states shared the costs and rule making. By 1994, the financial aid to families reached 14 million dollars (The History of Welfare). Americans found many ways to misuse the welfare system. In 1996, Congress passed a reform signed by President Clinton (US Welfare System - Help for US Citizens). The Federal Government now provides assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). And the welfare system is back in control of the welfare system. Welfare varies from state to state. Some types of welfare are health care, food stamps, child care assistance, unemployment, cash aid and housing assistance. Now, not everyone is able to qualify for welfare. You have to reach a certain requirement to be considered for welfare and this can help in the process to stop people from misusing welfare. 8
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