Welfare Reform: A Case Study

Welfare is the provision of a minimal level of well-being and social support for all citizens, sometimes referred to as public aid.

The majority of poor populations are using welfare. Social welfare, assistance for the ill or otherwise disabled and for the old. Coming from a retiring job most elders jump right into getting on welfare. Sometimes when the job you’re working is not helping household, people that need an extra hand or extra help use welfare. It’s a strong possibility that mainly poor people are the top customers of welfare. Growing up in a poor neighborhood where there’s barely any money, food and electricity ,makes it very hard for people that’s in the very poor situation. Coming from an American government, is the extra help

Negative income tax serves as a welfare program to support low-income working families with children. Housing Assistance programs are administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Housing Choice Voucher is the largest Program (sometimes called Section 8 or Tenant Based Rental Assistance). The Voucher calculates based on based on a standard rental for the locality lowered by a participation amount per family. 5.4 million families received HUD housing assistance. In 1959, The Housing Act allowed funds for elderly housing. Child Care Programs in other names, a Child Care Program by the name of Head

Job Training the program services about 70,000 participants per year at a cost of about $5,700 per participant per year. Job Corps is a very helpful program that helps young and grown adults from ages 16-25. Job Corps is helpful in many ways. Helping people get a trade, high school diploma ,college degree or even a driver’s license. My trade is carpentry which is a trade 8 to 12 months. which is an intensive education and vocational training program that targets at-risk youth ages 16 to 24. Job Corps offers career planning, on-the-job training, job placement and other services. The program operates in 125 centers and serves approximately 50,000 individuals per year – a cost of about $32,000 per enrollee per year. In 2012, 60% of Job Corps enrollees were high school dropouts, 42% were unemployed at the time of enrollment, 45% were from families receiving public assistance, and 24% had a disability. According to the DOL, the placement rate of graduates and former enrollees was about 74% in 2012, and initial wages increased about $.75 an hour for participants. Negative Income Tax The Child Tax Credit totals up to $1,000 per qualifying child under 17 years old. The credit phases out for married couples with adjusted gross income of $110,000 and single parents over $75,000. If the credit exceeds taxes owed the taxpayer can receive a refundable