PSY311H5 Chapter Notes -Sex Education, Intellectual Disability, Child Neglect
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Temporary assistance for needy families (tanf) is an example of this: federal legislation that. Block grant: a fixed amount of money provided by the federal govt. Matching grant: the federal govt and the state share the costs of the program. Social policy: a set of planned actions to solve a social problem to attain a social goal. Second, policies provide funding to achieve goals such as child protection and family support. Third, to provide services to prevent or reduce problems (ex. Fourth, provide an infrastructure to support efforts on behalf of children. In the 1800s, the main concern for us policy marks was working conditions for children; in middle of the 20th century, preventing moral and sexual transgressions by children . Now policy concerns include poverty, health insurance, child care, teenage parenthood, and child abuse. Among developed countries, the us has the highest rate of poverty but spends the least to reduce it.
