Chapter 17 making social policy

Goals of social policy

1. Protect citizens from social and economic problems 2. Raise quality of life for all citizens by improving air and water quality.

No Child Left Behind

2001 law that set high standards and measurable goals for education.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

A federal program established to provide assistance to elderly persons and persons with disabilities.

Medicaid

A health care payment program sponsored by federal & state governments. Poor families

Housing assistance

Affordable housing for low income people

Head Start

An educational program designed to help poor, uneducated children.

USA Patriot Act

Antiterrorism law that allowed the government certain rights to help chase and capture terrorists.

Unemployed insurance

Available for workers who lost jobs because of economic conditions. Workers cannot receive benefits if they quit by choice. In New York it is 500 a month

Early gov social security

Congress expanded retirement benefits to veterens

Terrorism

Created department of homeland security

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

Federal funds for children in families that fall below state standards of need. Under program states were given federal money to establish cash grants for poor families under 2 conditions States must 1. Match federal funds with some contribution or their own. 2. Establish a means test for all families reviving benefits

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Federal laws how the federal government enforces its laws

Reforming welfare

Federally funded public assistance is limited to five years during a persons life time and must enter work program within 2 months of receiving benefits. States can exempt

Student loan forgiveness

For students who take public service jobs working for students who take public service jobs working for schools gov or charitable organization and stay in jobs for 10 years.

entitlement programs

Government benefits that certain qualified individuals are entitled to by law, regardless of need.

gear up

Help children complete high school

Citizens influencing social policy

Join interst groups Write letters to congress a Volunteer

Provisions of affordable care act

Most Americans requires to buy health insurance by 2014 and will be fined Individuals who can't afford will buy from state interstate change Insurance companies prevented from denying coverage to people for pre existing conditions Only covered under parents untill 26 Medicaid expanded to poor Americans under age of 65. General Medicare benefits not be cut and all older Americans will qualify for free preventive care Individuals who pay Cadillac insurance programs will pay a higher tax on them Medicare payroll tax will raise .9 percent for Americans make more than 200 thousand Will states form the insurance exchanges on their own ? 50 years

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Nation research center to improve public health.

Disability insurance program.

People must prove that they are disabled and not able to continue work.

Means-tested entitlements

Programs like Medicare and welfare which applicants must meet eligibility based on need. Releases during Great Depression

LAAP

Provide federal funding for distance learning through the internet.

National Defense Education Act

Provided funds for education and training in science, math ,and foreign languages.

Morrill Land Grant Act

Set aside land and provided money for agricultural colleges

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Obamacare.

New deal

The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the United States out of the depression. Big Bang of social policy.

Great Society Programs

This was Johnson's domestic agenda tried to end poverty and racial injustice.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

a division of the USDHHS; involved in research on disease.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

a federal agency responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

a federal program that pays benefits, based on need, to the elderly, blind, and disabled.

social policy

a national government's course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens.

social safety net

any form of government assistance for those with financial needs. Protect against economic and social misfortune

Medicare Part A

basically covers inpatient hospital expenses for patients who meet certain conditions. Skilled nurse care and other expenses. Older citizens.

higher education

education provided by a college or university

Social Security

federal program of disability and retirement benefits that covers most working people. Two goals 1. Provide minimum income for poor beneficiaries 2. Ensure that benefits bear a relationship to the amount of payroll taxes a beneficiary actually paid. Social security continues to rise in retirement age. Employees pay more in social security tax than income tax. Self employed pay employee and employer tax. Social security has large trust fund for collecting during when years of when payroll taxes are not enough.

social insurance

government policy aimed at protecting people against the risk of adverse events. Federal assistance program are partnered with the state to ensure that people need them. States can raise the floor for support.

food stamps program

government program that helps low-income people buy food.

public assistance programs

government programs that make payments to citizens based on need. Means tested entitlement programs require disclosure of all financial assets. They must fall below the poverty line to get money

Head Start Program

preschool education programs for low income families.

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

provided education aid to states based on the number of children from low income homes

DEA drug enforcement administration

sets standards for handling controlled substances, has legal authority to enforce those standards.