Question 1

What is meant by in-kind public assistance?

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Question 2

TANF grant funds cannot be used for adults who have received welfare funds for more than five years, although state and local funds can be used. Which of the following is not true of states' ability to restrict funds?

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States cannot opt to impose a longer time limit on benefits than the federal limit set by TANF, which restricts welfare funds for adults to a maximum of five years. They can, however, impose shorter time limits or other restrictions within the guidelines.

Question 3

Persons who are blocked consistently in their efforts to achieve life goals are most likely to express powerlessness and __________.

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Question 4

It is feared that the culture of poverty idea may become an excuse for __________.

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Question 5

Explain the concept of the sheltered homeless. Who are the members of this group?

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Question 6

The sheltered homeless obtain housing in shelters operated by local governments or private charities. Most of the sheltered homeless come from

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The sheltered homeless come from other housing, meaning they previously had a place to live but have since become homeless and are seeking temporary housing in shelters.

Question 7

What are the major reform provisions of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996? What are the primary differences between the Reform Act and the Aid to Families with Dependent Children that was part of the Social Security Act of 1935?

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Question 8

Compare and contrast the concepts of social insurance and public assistance. Be sure to include examples of each.

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Question 9

Unlike Medicare, Medicaid is a public assistance program designed for needy persons. Which of the following is not true of Medicaid?

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Recipients are not required to have made prior contributions.

Question 10

How does design of the social insurance concept work to prevent poverty?

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Question 11

Explain the basic features of the Social Security Act.

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Question 12

Explain the concept of a federal entitlement.

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Question 13

Deinstitutionalization was a reform advanced by mental health care professionals and social welfare activists in the 1960s and 1970s to release

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Deinstitutionalization was meant to release chronic mental patients from state-run mental hospitals and transition them into community-based care. This was a response to the poor treatment and conditions of many mental hospitals, as well as concerns about civil liberties violations and the high cost of institutionalization.

Question 14

_________ is the inability to control the events that shape one's life.

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Question 15

The official definition of poverty emphasizes __________ levels; it seeks to describe poverty objectively as the lack of enough income to acquire the minimum necessities of life.

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Question 16

What are the restrictions on TANF grant funds?

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Question 17

Adults receiving welfare benefits are now required to begin working within two years of receiving aid. States can exempt from this work requirement a parent of a child under

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Adults receiving welfare benefits are required to begin working within two years of receiving aid unless they are a parent of a child under 12 months of age. This exemption allows parents to focus on caring for their newborn during the critical first year of life.

Question 18

The Welfare Reform Act replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with block grant funds called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. The focus of welfare reform was on

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The focus of welfare reform was to move welfare recipients off public aid and into jobs, as opposed to increasing entitlement checks or simply assisting with paperwork. The change in funding from AFDC to TANF was part of this effort to encourage self-sufficiency through work. Moving recipients out of the public eye was not a stated goal of welfare reform.

Question 19

What was the premise behind the deinstitutionalization of mental patients?

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Question 20

The __________ thesis argues that poverty can be explained by the social conditions of the poor.

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Quiz 11: Poverty and Powerlessness