Social Service/Welfare

By Rebekah Wilson

Social Service

https://www.grad.stonybrook.edu/brochure/social/

Social Service also known as Social Welfare Prior to the 1850s

social services was seen as charity or relief projects helping disadvantaged individuals through families and churches with minimal assistance from the Government.

1865-1860’s U.S. Government took control of assisting others: Freedmen’s Bureau service

offered temporary assistance for recently freed black males (free men) and refugees

History1850-1860

http://cunysps.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/lending-a-helping-hand/

1987 Community Chest, (United Way)

Ran fundraisers to assist charities, provided relief service, emergency assistance grants, and counseling

1890’s Social workers and industries analyzed the cause of poverty.

1900-1920 women and children services provided Maternal and Infant health service The Children’s Bureau

History1987-1920

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1920- 1940s Great Depression

Governmental economic responsibility shifted to more personal responsibility President Franklin Roosevelt created the “New Deal” which was:

public relief work programs Civilian Conservation Crops (Work for unemployed young unmarried

men) Worker Progress Administration (Work for writers, directions, media) Federal surplus Commodities Corp

1935-Social Security Act of developed Social insurances Public assistance

Food Stamps- largest welfare program

History 1920-1940

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1960- President Lyndon Johnson created Great Society and War of

Poverty Great Society:

Approach to eliminate poverty and racism War of Poverty:

Office of Economic Opportunity Economic Opportunity Act

Development of housing, vista, Foster grandparents, Head start, Job Corps, Community Action, Medicare and Food Stamps (Wikipedia, 2012)

1970 -Anti hunger movement resulting in Food Stamp act 1977 1970 Family Planning services Act (Wikipedia)

History1960-1970

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1977 Food Stamp Act 1980- Governmental restriction of welfare 1988-1992- President George Bush encouraged volunteerism 1990- Americans with Disability Act

Equal rights

History 1977-2000

http://bikevirginia.org/volunteer/

Social services was designed to help those

who are in need of assistance. Elderly Poor Disabled Unemployed Parents

Why do we have Social Services?

http://www.arcofva.org/disabilities/how-to-help-the-disabled/

Organization

Temporary Assistance Needy Families

United Way

Medicaid

RelationshipsPublic

• Assist mothers with their infants

• Improve education, financial stability, and promote health lives

• Provide inexpensive medical care

Diverse services Provides adequate services Assistance to various ages with services Constantly improving Helps people get back on their feet

Social Service Strengths

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Past Insufficient FundsServices

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Caused dependency

Social Service Limitations and weaknesses

Present Prevention of policy manipulation ex: can not refuse a women to work at a organization yet co workers can make her feel unwelcome)Causes dependency Lack of monitoring funds properly Social security issues

Social service has been accomplishing its goal

of helping people who are in need; however it is not accomplishing the goal of doing it sufficiently.

Social Service Fulfill Purpose?

http://www.mghpcs.org/socialservice/History.asp

Social Service are private and public based

organizations that are designed to assist a person meet their needs.

Human services are services that helps individuals accomplish there needs through interdisciplinary knowledge, preventions and assistance so they can better their lives. (National Organization for Human Services, 2012)

Social Service and Human Service

Thanks!

http://myfla.ws/tag/sunset/

Contemporary Social Welfare Policies. (n.d.). Social Welfare Policy: How We got here. In

Rutgers university Libraries. Retrieved October 25, 2012, from http://libguides.rutgers.edu/content.php?pid=137361&sid=1176867.

Economic History Association (n.d.) The Freedman’s Bureau. In EH. Net Encyclopedia Retrieved from http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/troost.freedmens.bureau

History of social service: summary (n.d.) Retrieved from bkaw.bravepages.com/socsci/0202/HistorySumm.doc

Jakobsen, Tor George. (2011) Welfare Attitudes and social Expenditure: Do regimes Shape Public Opinion. Social indictors Research, 101,323-340. Doi:10.1007/s11205-010-9666-8

Marx, Jerry. (n.a.)Current Issues and Programs in Social Welfare. Retrieved from: http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/recollections/current-issues-and-programs-in-social-welfare/

Moran, Rachel Louise. (2011) Consuming Relief: Food Stamps and the New Welfare of the New Deal. The journal of American History, 97.4, 937-938.

References

National Organization for human services. (n.d.). What is Human service? National Organization for

human services. Retrieved from http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/what-is-human-services

Peterson, Janice. (2002). The TANF reauthorization debate: Key Welfare reform issues and concerns. Journal of Economic Issues, 36.2, pp431-439. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.olympic.edu:2077/docview/208838659/13A2989BC1C1964C9F4/3?accountid=2203

Ratner, Lizzy. (2012) Food Stamps VS Poverty. The Nation, p.12,13

Thompson Lawrence (1994) The Advantages and Disadvantages of different social Welfare Strategies. Retrieved from http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v57n3/v57n3p3.pdf

Segal Elizabeth, (2010). Social Welfare Policy and Social Programs: A Values Perspective, Brooks./Cole Cengage Learning. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=q4xauGiHhqQC&pg=PA329&lpg=PA329&dq=Social+welfare+limitations&source=bl&ots=gfH1RA4xE8&sig=elMFdGIftGHugGLCw1oCfWnR-oM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dzmUUK3FBMSYiALQ6IG4BA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Social%20welfare%20limitations&f=false

Scroop, Daniel. (2007). A commonwealth of hope: the new deal response to crises. Journal of American Studies. 41.3, pp 690-691. Doi: 10.1017/s0021875807004148

References

Social Service (n.d.). In Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved from

http://www.encylopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1160.html

Unknown. (n.d.) Social Welfare History Timeline. [Timeline]. Retrieved from http://www.scribd.com/doc/26209259/Social-Welfare-History-Timeline

Wikipedia (n.d) Civilian Conservation Corps. In Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps

Wikipedia (n.d) New Frontier. In Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Frontier

Wikipedia (n.d) War on Poverty. In Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Poverty

Wikipedia (n.d) Work Progress Administration. In Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration

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