Deck 6: Families As a Legitmate Focus on Public Policy: Yesterday and Today

Question 1

Family values rank higher in importance for Democrats than Republicans.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What purpose do family impact statements serve?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

What was the outcome of the 1980 White House Conference on Families?

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

What decade saw a resurgence of activity in family policymaking?

Question 5

Why does the organization, No Kidding, use the term child-free over childless?

Question 6

How have philanthropists affected family policy?

Question 7

What is the purpose of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count initiative?

Question 8

What are the four Hague conventions that guide international family law?

Question 9

Which Act called for states to implement criminal background checks on childcare workers?

Question 10

List the four trends that symbolize U.S. policymaking from the last decade.

Question 11

What has been the impact of the devolution legislation of the 1990s?

Question 12

Do family policies lead to more or less government? Explain your answer.

Question 13

Do state government investments in policies and programs matter for families? In what ways?

Question 14

Philanthropists do not spend many funds on data collection initiatives because they are largely seen as unproductive and time wasting efforts.

Question 15

The W.K. Kellogg foundation is best known for its philanthropic investments in economic barriers to societal success.

Question 16

The 1990's saw a decline in policy and law making for families and children.

Question 17

The Debt Collection and Improvement Act of 1996 created felony charges for parents who cross state borders to evade child support obligations.

Question 18

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 provided $21 billion to expand the EITC.

Question 19

As funding for children's issues multiplied and per capita spending hit an all time high in 2008, programs and policies were passed that focused on issues such as television V-chips and child abduction.

Question 20

Family policy issues, such as child welfare, marriage, and divorce are fully decided on and regulated by the federal government. The state has a supportive role and minor input in these issues.

Question 21

It is suggested that state budget cuts adversely affect family well-being by creating a care deficit, leaving family members unable to properly care for children and aging adults.

Question 22

Is government support for family policy needed? Why or why not?

Question 23

How do federal expenditures on children compare to spending on the elderly? How does federal spending on children compare to spending on nonchild portions of the federal budget?

Question 24

How have recent trends in policymaking affected which families receive benefits, who provides them, and how generous they are?

Question 25

List two examples of court cases where the Supreme Court overruled state law on the basis of constitutionality.