Abusing the welfare system has always been an issue in the United States. There are thousands of able-bodied capable adults, without children, who are not plagued by a disability, collecting the benefits of the welfare. With how our welfare system is set up right now, recipients can collect taxpayer money with little to no work, and not contributing to their community at all. Now, kicking off every adult believed to be able bodied, is not what is going to happen. There will be better programs…
“Simply put, welfare reform worked because we all worked together”, President Bill Clinton beamed, after signing the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. After the passing of the PRWORA, dependence on welfare had been nearly cut in half, and unemployment rates were down. But, was workfare really all it was made out to be? Not exactly. Although the aid of workfare sounds effective in theory, it has proven to be unsuccessful and often subjects its recipients…
I have spoken several times with Ms. Carpenter Rainbow case manager and also behavioral therapist Carrie Miller. Ms. Edward Etwan’s mother continues to not respond to phone calls. He continues to miss appointments with Ms. Miller and with the Rainbow program. Ms. Carpenter has reached out to work with the child’s grandmothers. I did confirm that Etwan did have only part of his appointment with Dr. Dennis. This was to do a repeat neuropsychology testing as was recommended. There is still a…
SC placed call to both Pa and provider on 10/08/2015 at 2:31-3:13 PM to check status of worker. Pa stated that his informal back-up support Cyreeta Allen is unavailable and he is in neighbor and former PAS Trendy and friend Willie Brown is helping him to complete ADLs and IADLs. Nevertheless he was eager to know when the agency provider Liberty Resource Home Choice (LRHC) will provide a permanent PAS. SC end call with Pa and place call to LRHC. SC spoke with Deloris explained the Pa…
Since Trap-Ease has one product, it would be beneficial if they created different versions of it with a wider range of prices. I think there are problems with the advertising, they are trying to reach customers through stores like Kmart and Safeway, but using…
Trapping Protocol Since the primary vector for the new, unknown pathogen for this medical outbreak are ticks, there are two primary choices of methods to utilize in order to trap and study the tick specimens from different habitats (Ginsberg and Ewing 1988). One type of trapping methods to use is the dry ice baited tick trap. This method can be accomplished by inserting dry ice into a container that has a slight opening to allow the carbon dioxide gas to exit, and the arthropods will be…
The novels Downriver and The Trap both develop the same theme in different ways. Downriver by Will Hobbs is set in Colorado while The Trap by John Smelcer is set in Alaska. Both novels take place during the same time period but the different locations cause for different ways of living. In Colorado there are many rivers that people use to go white water rafting, but in Alaska there is an abundance of snow. In Downriver a group of teenage trouble makers join a program called Discovery Unlimited…
“The Trap Queen” is a title of a song by Fetty Wap, a hip-hop rapper, and the song is about money, cars, and drugs. Fetty and queen African-American, who are too busy with life looking for money (Matute 1). They do anything they can to get the cash. Therefore, the two assisted by others members of the group are traffickers of drugs. After they get the money, they spend it together in clubs. From the video, one can see that Fetty and the queen are out to enjoy life. It is all about getting money…
Australian families face solidarity and Division: Numbers of sole parent households are increasing, with predictions of a 65% increase within Australia by 2036. Although financial assistance is provided by the welfare system, families continue to experience financial hardship. Recent statistics suggests, that sole parent families are at the highest risk of experiencing disadvantage. Why are so many Australian sole parent families living so close to or below the calculated poverty line?…
My father had a lobster trap and also would dig Quahogs to steam open. He would grind up leftover clams and make his owned stuffed quahogs which were really good. He had the trap in the Cape Cod Canal by the train bridge where he worked for the Army Corps of Engineers. He was always complaining that “somebody” was checking his trap for him at night and on weekends. It didn’t really matter if that was true or not. He would get so many lobsters we would throw the bodies away and just eat the…