1. The US Welfare State

2. GROUP 5: VU THI BICH
LE THI HUYEN
TRAN THI NGOC
NGUYEN THI THOAN
PHAM THI HONG XUYEN

3. Contents
I. Introduction
II. The US Welfare’s services and
programs
III.Qualifications of receiving Welfare
IV.Achievements of the US Welfare

4. I. Introduction
- Prevent American
citizens from living in
a state of poverty
- Help the unemployed
find long term work

5. II. The US Welfare’s services and
programs
1.Welfare’s services
2.Welfare’s Programs

6. 1.Welfare’s services
- Divided into 2 categories:
• Social welfare services
• Economic welfare services

7. 1.1. Social welfare services
• Include any programs
• Provide tremendous relief to a family in
need
• Provide with extra income

8. 1.1. Social welfare services
• Some of the myriad options for financial
assistance are:
–Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
–Child Support
–Benefits for Immigrants
–The Child Nutrition Programs

9. 1.2. Economic welfare services
–Generally refer to financial support.
–Assist citizens.
–Include direct cash, support services, tax
breaks, specific goods, or any other
measure.

10. 2. Welfare’s Programs
EITC

11. 2. Welfare’s Programs

12. 2. Welfare’s Programs
• Many smaller
government-assistance
programs
E.g.: Special
Supplemental Food
Program for Women,
Infants and Children
[WIC]; general
assistance [GA]…

13. 2.1. TANF
• Originated from the Aid to
Dependent Children (ADP)
program in the Social
Security Act of 1935
• 1950s and 1960s :renamed
to the program Aid to
Families with Dependent
Children(AFDC)
• 1996: replaced to TANF

14. 2.1 TANF

15. 2.1 TANF
=>TANF cemented the primary emphasis on
getting welfare recipients into jobs.

16. III. Qualifications of receiving
Welfare
1. Requirements for residents
2. Requirements for families
3. Work requirements

17. 1. Requirements for residents
• Must first be a citizen of
the US
• Legal immigrants for at
least five years
• Exception for refugees
who have dependent
children under 18.

18. 2. Requirements for families
• Families with minor children
living at home, not single
people
• Pregnant mothers in their last
three months
• Relatives with whom the
children are living, even if
they are not the children's
parents

19. 3. Work requirements
• TANF benefits => work activities
• Single parents families >= 20 hours/week
• Two-parent families: >= 35 hours/week
• Single parents (have children < 6 years) : free
• Teenage parents: attend school or job training

20. IV. Achievements of the US Welfare
1. Benefits of welfare to economy
2. Remarkable achievements to society

21. 1.Benefits of welfare to economy
• Government-provided
benefits: completed by
occupational pension.
=> Total yearly per
capita disposable
income of retirees: not
differ much.

22. 1.Benefits of welfare to economy
• Less substitution: public and private
provision (no government-operated
system)

23. 1.Benefits of welfare to economy
Chart 1: U.S. national health expenditure (NHE)
as a share of gross domestic product (GDP)
and private and public shares of NHE,
selected years 1965–2015.

24. 1.Benefits of welfare to economy

25. 1.Benefits of welfare to economy
=> Government transfer systems
(including social insurance) have reduced
the scatter of the distribution of yearly
disposable income.

26. 2. Remarkable Social Welfare
Achievements
The 1996 Social Welfare Reform

27. The 1996 Social Welfare reform
• In 1996: the "Personal
Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996." law
• President Bill Clinton
triumphantly declared
these reforms would “end
welfare as we know it”

28. The 1996 Social Welfare Reform
• Reform’s goal: moving current and potential
welfare recipients into the labor force
• Establish “family caps”

29. The 1996 Social Welfare Reform
• The replacement of the old
Aid to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC)
program with the Temporary
Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF)
• Emphasis on work, time
limits, and sanctions against
states
• Strong decline in the
caseloads since the 1996
reforms

30. The 1996 Social Welfare Reform
• The number of families
receiving cash welfare
is now the lowest it has
been since 1969
• The percentage of children
on welfare is lower than it
has been since 1966

31. The 1996 Social Welfare Reform
=>
• The American are in a new era of welfare
use.
• The historic Welfare Reform in 1996 laid
the foundations for the later welfare
reforms in America.

32. Discussion Questions
1. Name the basic Welfare’s programs?
2. Which is the most remarkable
achievement of the Social Welfare?