Wk 6 – Welfare Policy

41825“Welfare” has gone through many changes over time.

In 2014, the War on Poverty turned 50. Take a look at this report from the CATO Institute:
https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/war-poverty-turns-50-are-we-winning-yet
as well as the lesson and course reading and answer the following questions:

Have the programs worked to reduce poverty?
Where does the US stand in terms of poverty and welfare?
What federal social service programs need revision? Why?
Evaluate the welfare/social service issue utilizing our policy framework.

Be sure to bring in additional scholarly sources to balance your analysis.

Wk 6 Lesson Reading material: Welfare, Social Security and Education Policy

Carrier, S. (2016). From paper to electronic: Food stamps, social security, and the changing functionality of government benefits. Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy, 24(1), 139 – 159.

Deslatte, A. (2015). Reassessing “City limits” in urban public policy. Policy Studies Journal, 43(S1), S56-S77. doi:10.1111/psj.12102

Stott, T. C., MacEachron, A., & Gustavsson, N. (2016). Social media and child welfare: Policy, training, and the risks and benefits from the administrator’s perspective. Advances in Social Work, 17(2), 221 – 234.

Rogers, R. (2015). Making public policy: The new philanthropists and american education. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 74(4), 743-774. doi:10.1111/ajes.12113

Deming, D. J., & Figlio, D. (2016). Accountability in US education: Applying lessons from K-12 experience to higher education. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30(3), 33-55. doi:10.1257/jep.30.3.33

Jochim, A., & McGuinn, P. (2016). The politics of the common core assessments: Why states are quitting the PARCC and smarter balanced testing consortia.(partnership for assessment of readiness for college and careers). Education Next, 16(4), 44 – 52.