Social Services

By: Shannan Sylvester Sarah Mcneill

What are Social Services?

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Started in the United Stated around 1800 Was a way for the government to deal with the poor During the Great Depression, the government stepped in to solve the problem and that is where the history of welfare as we know it really began(The History1).

Progression of people that use Social Services

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Poverty rate is still about the same Started out at $77 billion dollars on social welfare and now is $393.7 billion.

What are Social Services?

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The number of households receiving government benefits has steadily risen over time, particularly after the financial crisis(Plumer 1).

Plumer, Brian. Stretching the Net. The Washington Post. 18 Sept. 2012. Web. 5 Nov. 2013.

Types of Social Services

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Food Stamps Disability Health Care Childcare Assistance Housing Assistance

Luhby, Tami. Americans Living In Households Receiving Federal Aid. 2012. CNN Money. Web. 20 November 2013

How would you apply?

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To get food stamps: Have to be a resident of North Carolina Those with a current bank balance (savings and checking combined) under $2,001, or Those with a current bank balance (savings and checking combined) under $3,001 who share their household with a person or persons age 60 and over, or with a person with a disability (a child, your spouse, a parent, or yourself)(North Carolina).

The Application

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Application for Food and Nutrition Services . Web. 20 Nov. 2013

Amount of people that receive Food Stamps

Trivisonno, Matt. US Food Stamp Population vs Selected Countries. 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2013

Amount of people that receive Food Stamps

Trivisonno, Matt. Food-Stamp Rolls by Race. 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2013

Food Stamps
Used to buy food for families ! Can not buy: Beer, wine, liquor, cigarettes or tobacco. Or nonfood items(Dorman 1).
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Disability
Disability Rights. The Arc. 18 Nov. 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013

Benefits for people with disabilities Social Security Disability Insurance pays benefits to you and certain members of your family if you are "insured," meaning that you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. Supplemental Security Income pays benefits based on financial need(Benefits).

Amount of Spending on Disability

Pros of Social Services

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Provides food, shelter and clothing Helps people that are out of work because of illness, injury or old age. It also helps people with low income jobs Helps with emergency situations.

Cons of Social Services

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Paid for with tax money Some Social Services are hard to get Dependency Programs are really expensive

Social Stigmata
Stereotypes: Lazy Drug addicts Cheats Welfare is to easy to get Welfare Queens

Most of people actually Know someone that has Used, or taken advantage of the system. In 2011, about 49 percent of the population lived in a household where at least one member received a direct benefit from the federal government(Plumer 1).

Baloo. Welfare in Theory and Practice. Web. 20 November 2013.

What most people believe should happen with Welfare

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Drug Testing Cell phones, computer hook-ups and the like should not be provided at taxpayer expense(Christopher). Immigrants should not be on Welfare

Drug Testing
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Politicans want people that are welfare to have mandatory drug testing Would cost more to have drug testing In Arizona, in 2012, three years and 87,000 screenings later, only one person had failed a drug test. Total savings from denying that one person benefits? $560. Total benefits paid out in that time? $200 million(Kelly 1).

Is it really easy to get welfare?

There are many requirement to receive welfare. There are many papers that you have to fill out. In North Carolina you have to get a background check.
Governing. Pennsylvania Denying Nearly 80%. 16 Sept. 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2013

Taxes
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Only 9 cents out of every tax dollars goes toward providing welfare services to those who can't provide for themselves(What).

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Most of Budget goes Towards Defense. Social Security, and Major Health Reforms. April 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

Who really uses Social Services?

People in a temporary emergency Nineteen Percent of people on AFDC are on it for less than seven months(Cheese 1). ! Elderly, Disabled, and Children 91 percent of the benefit dollars from entitlement and other mandatory programs went to the elderly(Sherman 1).
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Who really uses Social Services?

Dorman, Todd. The food stamp secretary. May 2012. Web. 20 Nov. 2013

IHCS Public Goods Series. Welfare as a Public Good. INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES CENTER. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

Welfare Demographics. 10 September 2013. Welfare Statistics. Web. 15 November 2013

Total number of Americans on welfare 12,800,000(Welfare1).

Future of Social Services?

The future of the welfare state is one of massive, structural reform(Fares 2).

Works Cited
Benefits For People With Disabilities. Social Security. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Cheese, John. The 4 Types of People on Welfare Nobody Talks About. Cracked. 06 Jun 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Christopher, Paul. The pros, cons of welfare system. Observer. 23 Sept. 2013. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. Dorman, Todd. The food stamp secretary. The Gazette. 1 May 2012. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Fares, Yacine. The Future of the Welfare State. Harvard International. 25 Feb. 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Kelly, P. Brian. An inane, money-eating sham: Drug tests for welfare a huge failure. Salon. Salon Media Group, Inc. 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. North Carolina Food Stamp Program Benefits.gov. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Plumer, Brian. Who receives government benefits, in six charts. The Washington Post. 18 Sept. 2012. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. Sherman, Arloc. Contrary to "Entitlement Society" Rhetoric, Over Nine-Tenths of Entitlement Benefits Go to Elderly, Disabled, or Working Households. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. 10 Feb. 2012. Web. 20 November 2013. The History of Welfare. Welfare Information. WelfareInfo.org. 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. Welfare Statistics. Statistic Brain. US Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, CATO Institute. 10 Sept. 2013. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. What Percentage of Your Tax Dollar Really Goes to Help the Free-Loading, Indigent, Oughtto-Get-a-Job American's?Hubpages. 2012. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.