Welfare to Work: A New Response to Poverty Essay -- Exploratory Essays

Professors Comments This student has d one(a) an outstanding job of fulfilling the requirements of the assignment in his analysis of the Welfare to Work Program.Abstract This study defines poverty, explains its causes and consequences on various systems, and traces our political response to this problem from the modern Deal efforts to the present system of welfare. Drawing from recent literature to examine specifically the efficacy of TANFs welfare to survive (WtW) initiative, this writer focuses on the following (1) on the target population, single mothers and children, and (2) on how this initiative is affecting both this group and the overall problem of poverty. Also include are a discussion of the historical and contemporary issues regarding this initiative as well as implications for social work policy and practice. Welfare to Work on a lower floor TANF A New Generation of Responses to Poverty Existing in all cultures and affecting people from many walks of life, especia lly single mothers and children, poverty does not discriminate. What is poverty, and so? Is it simply a condition, or does it create conditions that reach far beyond a simple social issue? In order to understand these questions, one must begin with underlying definitions. Poverty is technically broken into two categories absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty exists when a family cannot provide for its basic needs which include nutrition, clothing, and shelter. A measurement for this category is the poverty line, a calculation that is based on three times the amount of a familys normal food budget. On the other hand, relative poverty measures economic status and compares it between families within the same geographical locus (Ka... ...y Longman, Inc.Egendorf, L. K. (1999). Poverty opponent viewpoints. San Diego, CA Greenhaven Press.Evaluating Welfare Reform (1999, June 1). Retrieved from http//speakout.com.Karger, H. J. & Stoesz, D. (1998). American s ocial welfare policy A pluralist approach (3rd ed.). New York Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.Reichert, D. (1998, July). TANF appropriations in state legislatures. National Conference of press out Legislatures. Retrieved from http//www.ncsl.org/statefed/welfare/moememo.htm.Segal, E. & Brzuzy, S. (1998). Social welfare policy, programs, and practice. Itasca, IL F. E. Peackock Publishers, Inc.Trattner, W. (1999). From poor law to welfare state A history of social welfare in America (6th ed.). New York The Free Press.Vallianatos, C. (2001, October). Child support, cohabitating families studied. NASW News, 46(9), 12.