The US Welfare State

GROUP 5: VU THI BICH

LE THI HUYEN

TRAN THI NGOC

NGUYEN THI THOAN

PHAM THI HONG XUYEN

Contents

I. Introduction

II. The US Welfare’s services and

programs

III. Qualifications of receiving Welfare

IV.Achievements of the US Welfare

I. Introduction

- Prevent American citizens from living in a state of poverty

- Help the unemployed find long term work

II. The US Welfare’s services and programs

1.Welfare’s services

2.Welfare’s Programs

1.Welfare’s services

- Divided into 2 categories:• Social welfare services

• Economic welfare services

1.1. Social welfare services

• Include any programs

• Provide tremendous relief to a family in need

• Provide with extra income

1.1. Social welfare services• Some of the myriad options for financial

assistance are:

– Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

– Child Support 

– Benefits for Immigrants 

– The Child Nutrition Programs 

1.2. Economic welfare services– Generally refer to financial support.

– Assist citizens. 

– Include direct cash, support services, tax breaks, specific goods, or any other measure.

2. Welfare’s Programs

EITC

2. Welfare’s Programs

2. Welfare’s Programs• Many smaller

government-assistance programs

E.g.: Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children [WIC]; general assistance [GA]…

2.1. TANF

• Originated from the Aid to Dependent Children (ADP) program in the Social Security Act of 1935

• 1950s and 1960s :renamed to the program Aid to Families with Dependent Children(AFDC)

• 1996: replaced to TANF

2.1 TANF

2.1 TANF

=>TANF cemented the primary emphasis on getting welfare recipients into jobs.

III. Qualifications of receiving Welfare

1. Requirements for residents

2. Requirements for families

3. Work requirements

1. Requirements for residents

• Must first be a citizen of the US

• Legal immigrants for at least five years

• Exception for refugees who have dependent children under 18.

2. Requirements for families

• Families with minor children living at home, not single people

• Pregnant mothers in their last three months

• Relatives with whom the children are living, even if they are not the children's parents

3. Work requirements• TANF benefits => work activities• Single parents families >= 20 hours/week• Two-parent families: >= 35 hours/week• Single parents (have children < 6 years) : free• Teenage parents: attend school or job training

IV. Achievements of the US Welfare

1. Benefits of welfare to economy

2. Remarkable achievements to society

1.Benefits of welfare to economy

• Government-provided benefits: completed by occupational pension.

=> Total yearly per capita disposable income of retirees: not differ much.

1.Benefits of welfare to economy

• Less substitution: public and private provision (no government-operated system)

1.Benefits of welfare to economy

Chart 1: U.S. national health expenditure (NHE) as a share of gross domestic product (GDP)

and private and public shares of NHE, selected years 1965–2015.

1.Benefits of welfare to economy

1.Benefits of welfare to economy

=> Government transfer systems (including social insurance) have reduced the scatter of the distribution of yearly disposable income.

2. Remarkable Social Welfare Achievements

The 1996 Social Welfare Reform

The 1996 Social Welfare reform

• In 1996: the "Personal

Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation

Act of 1996." law

• President Bill Clinton

triumphantly declared

these reforms would “end

welfare as we know it”

The 1996 Social Welfare Reform

• Reform’s goal: moving current and potential

welfare recipients into the labor force• Establish “family caps”

The 1996 Social Welfare Reform• The replacement of the old

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

• Emphasis on work, time limits, and sanctions against states

• Strong decline in the caseloads since the 1996 reforms

The 1996 Social Welfare Reform

• The number of families receiving cash welfare is now the lowest it has been since 1969

• The percentage of children on welfare is lower than it has been since 1966

The 1996 Social Welfare Reform

=> • The American are in a new era of welfare

use.• The historic Welfare Reform in 1996 laid

the foundations for the later welfare reforms in America.

Discussion Questions

1. Name the basic Welfare’s programs?

2. Which is the most remarkable

achievement of the Social Welfare?