The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Welfare Reform and Poverty
Exam 1
Chaunelle Yokley
PLS 2010-800 SP 18
Professor Daniel Barbee
March 14th, 2018
Table of Contents
Abstract 3
Emergent Issue 4
Emergency Opportunities 5
Proposed Changes 6
Summary and Conclusion
Works Cited 7
8
Abstract In todays society welfare and poverty are issues that vary from the federal government to state governments. People rely on government assistance to get through life, while others like to take the help and abuse it. I propose to put stricter requirements on how to get help. With this it would become a welfare reform.
With welfare and poverty being a huge issue in a America many Americans would like to see a welfare reform. …show more content…
In other words the federal government decided that it did not want to deal with or regulate its welfare policy so it handed the task to the state governments hoping to cut their spending and increasing the states. The website also defines poverty as “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support.” There are many factors that can cause a person to become so poor that they are considered in the poverty range. One factor is family background. Those who are born into poverty tend to stay in poverty, as in a continuous life cycle that they can not break. Another factor is …show more content…
Some people get a high amount of money for assistance when they do not need it and others get a low amount even though they truly need it. From a personal experience my great aunt at the age of 76 was only allotted $15 in food stamps per month. She had no other income besides Social Security Income (SSI). While others I knew got almost $400 for themselves and one child plus she worked a decent job. Another person did not have any dependents and received $200 while not working and being on drugs. I proposed that in order to get assistance a person needs to work or volunteer a certain amount of hours before getting assistance within a certain age limit. Also they must be drug tested every month to receive help. There are a lot of people who receive assistance via food stamps only to sell them for cash. With that cash they buy drugs or other paraphernalia. Doing this will hopefully help to weed out any cons and
Welfare Reform and Poverty
Exam 1
Chaunelle Yokley
PLS 2010-800 SP 18
Professor Daniel Barbee
March 14th, 2018
Table of Contents
Abstract 3
Emergent Issue 4
Emergency Opportunities 5
Proposed Changes 6
Summary and Conclusion
Works Cited 7
8
Abstract In todays society welfare and poverty are issues that vary from the federal government to state governments. People rely on government assistance to get through life, while others like to take the help and abuse it. I propose to put stricter requirements on how to get help. With this it would become a welfare reform.
With welfare and poverty being a huge issue in a America many Americans would like to see a welfare reform. …show more content…
In other words the federal government decided that it did not want to deal with or regulate its welfare policy so it handed the task to the state governments hoping to cut their spending and increasing the states. The website also defines poverty as “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support.” There are many factors that can cause a person to become so poor that they are considered in the poverty range. One factor is family background. Those who are born into poverty tend to stay in poverty, as in a continuous life cycle that they can not break. Another factor is …show more content…
Some people get a high amount of money for assistance when they do not need it and others get a low amount even though they truly need it. From a personal experience my great aunt at the age of 76 was only allotted $15 in food stamps per month. She had no other income besides Social Security Income (SSI). While others I knew got almost $400 for themselves and one child plus she worked a decent job. Another person did not have any dependents and received $200 while not working and being on drugs. I proposed that in order to get assistance a person needs to work or volunteer a certain amount of hours before getting assistance within a certain age limit. Also they must be drug tested every month to receive help. There are a lot of people who receive assistance via food stamps only to sell them for cash. With that cash they buy drugs or other paraphernalia. Doing this will hopefully help to weed out any cons and