GE CLST 80A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Older Americans Act, Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, Aarp

• School: UCLA
• Department: General Education Clusters
• Course: GE CLST 80A
• Professor: Paul Hsu,

Document Summary

Aging, social, and public policies: policy and politics. Most everything needs money to be solved. Can defund policy if policy can"t be taken out. Origins define problem to find solution. Need to be reauthorized every eight years. Dissent different people mark it up to edit policy bill. Not all groups have equal benefits from solutions. Based on working and people contributing to workforce. Races that face discrimination finding jobs age, not on their financial or health needs. Age-based entitlement programs underlies public policies, and debates surrounding policy directions. Welfare is matter of common stake and responsibility of both individual and community. Welfare is a person"s responsibility within a free-market economy unfettered by. Rooted in our history and culture, embraced by many segments of our society, Government intervention is required to protect citizens and compensate for market"s failure to distribute resources equitably. Factors that determine whether people can receive benefits from specific programs.