SOC WORK 206 Study Guide - Aid To Families With Dependent Children, Unaccompanied Minors, Old Age
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Cabinet decides the structure of federal programs which are in federal agencies (homeland security) Dep"t of health and human services (medicaid for poor, Medicare for elderly: governor and his cabinet/secretaries (state level, county executive, mayor (city) Legislative: senate (ross feingold and kirk , house of representatives, senate and assembly (state level, county board of supervisors, common council (city) Judicial: supreme court (federal level, courts/supreme (state level, circuit court (county level, municipal (city) Prior to the 1300"s elizabethan poor laws were developed as a way to stop the begging. Residual view at this time, including means test. 1870 the beginnings of social work: cos"s, settlement houses, etc. 1870-1920 then stock market crash showed that anyone can become poor with the blink of an eye! Anything a government chooses to do, or not to do (denitto, p. 2) Relief seen for jobless and states in health care plan. Help laid off workers retain the same health plans they had from their former employees.
