Exam 11: Poverty and Powerlessness

The Welfare Reform Act replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with block grant funds called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. The focus of welfare reform was on

Some people experience poverty because of involuntary unemployment, prolonged illness, death of the breadwinner, or other misfortune. But even when severe, which of the following is true once the external cause of poverty no longer exists?

The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 awarded the states increased power over the dispersal of welfare assistance.

Liberals frequently view the subsistence definition of poverty as insensitive to a variety of needs including

Deinstitutionalization was a reform movement that resulted in emptying the nation's mental hospitals of all but the most dangerous mental patients.

Conservatives also challenge the official definition of poverty: It does not include the value of

The official definition of poverty emphasizes __________ levels; it seeks to describe poverty objectively as the lack of enough income to acquire the minimum necessities of life.

Explain the relationship between deinstitutionalization, decriminalization, and the homeless populations?

Adults receiving welfare benefits are now required to begin working within two years of receiving aid. States can exempt from this work requirement a parent of a child under

The __________ thesis argues that poverty can be explained by the social conditions of the poor.

In 1965 Congress amended Social Security to add Medicare-comprehensive health benefits for persons over 55.

Children born into a culture of alienation, apathy, and lack of motivation learn these attitudes themselves. Thus, the poor are prevented from exploiting

_________ is the inability to control the events that shape one's life.

Social insurance was not to be charity or public assistance. Instead, it relied on people's financial contribution through

Adults receiving welfare benefits are now required to begin working within five years of receiving aid, and there are no exemptions.

Unemployment compensation programs are features of the Social Security Act. The costs of these programs are born solely by the

TANF grant funds cannot be used for adults who have received welfare funds for more than five years, although state and local funds can be used. Which of the following is not true of states' ability to restrict funds?

The sheltered homeless obtain housing in shelters operated by local governments or private charities. Most of the sheltered homeless come from

What is meant by in-kind public assistance?

Social Security is the most prevalent form of direct government benefit. Approximately how many baby boomers apply for these benefits each day?