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Sustainable Future
Purpose of text and course, to view society in
terms of sustainability
Color green
Policy aspect of sustainability; meet
the needs of all the people
Economic sustainability
Environmental
Cultural sustainability
Course Takes Global Perspective
Welfare policies in global context
[Oprah in Denmark, 18 minutes
http://vimeo.com/28851587]
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/and-the-happiest-place-on-ea
rth-is/
]
Policies and cultural values
Global interconnectedness:
Ebola
Stocks
Global markets
Products
Pollution, war
What Is Social Policy?
Societys planeducation, health care, crime
prevention, child care
Katherine Kendall
L.B. Johnson
War on poverty
Medicaid, Medicare: signed into law, 1965
War in Vietnam: anti-war movement, 1970s
Developments in the
1970s
Civil rights for women, other groups
Backlash against progressivism
Nixon
Reagan, 1980
Think tanks
Richest: from 70% tax bracket to
38%
Clinton and G.W. Bush
Welfare reform 1996, TANF
Attempt at health care
[Bush9/11 and attack on Iraq for
WMD; federal deficit] recession of
2007]
Obamachange we can believe in
Recession, home foreclosures
ACA
Trends in Social Work
Activism
Agenciesprivatization
Idealism
Social work imagination lives on
Ecosystems framework [Americas Lost
Landscape]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDZ5GTQKhQ
Social and natural environment
Sustainability
Global social work: Ghana
Social Work in the UK
Politically oriented
Poor Law of 1601; centralization
Poor Law of 1834
Work houses
less eligibility
Influence of Charles Dickens
Reforms after World War II
Social work educationanti-oppressive focus
Pendulum Swings
1920strickle down theory
1930s: progressive
1950s: conservative
1960s-1970s
1980s: conservative
CHAPTER 3
Purpose and Structure of Social Welfare Policy
Robert Reich
http://www.examiner.com/article/robert-reich-expla
ins-income-inequality-and-the-economy-two-minutes-
video
Depression vs. Great
Recession
In recession, many protected by
temporary use of credit cards
Credit card charges reduced to
around $7,000 in 2012
More social insurance programs in
place
Social Insurance
Programs
Social Security Act, 1935
1939 survivor benefits added
Payroll tax today is 12.4%; 2.9% Medicare
Employer pays half
People pay on first $118,500 for social
security (2013)
Get full social security payment at age 66 or
67 if born after 1959
Facts about Social
Security
Major source of income for older adults
Protection from long-term disability
Fewer to pay in by 2033, will be 2 workers per
recipient
Solution: remove the cap on high income
Social security unrelated to national debt
Attacks as an entitlementused as negative
term
Veterans Benefits, SSDI, and
Unemployment Insurance
Veterans benefits: from 1776; health benefits
and disability pay
SSDI: Social Security Disability Insurance
Introduced in 1954
Requirementworker who has paid into social
security no longer able to work
Unemployment benefits:
Job lost through no fault of the worker
Only for limited time26 weeks; must search
for employment
Public Assistance
Programs
Stigmatized; means-tested
TANFClinton, 1996
Only paid work counts
5 years maximum
Most are single mothers
SNAP
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Food stamps, 1964
Low income family of 4--$668/month
[Walmart tells workers to apply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiSmlmXp-aU ]
Public Assistance Programs
continued
Earned Income Tax Credit, 1975, President
Ford
Up to $6,000 for persons with 3 children
Must work and file taxes
Displaced children
CHAPTER 8 Sustainable
Health Care Policies