Who Are the Poor
After declining in the 1990s what caused poverty to go back on the rise in the 2000s?
What is the recession?
Low Birth Weight refers to babies born how many lbs.
What is 5.5 lbs or less?
Poor laws in colonial America established this two categories of poor people
Who are worthy and unworthy poor?
Created during the progressive era, these programs were known as the first cash welfare programs.
What is mothers pension?
Since the passage of PRWORA, states have enacted these, which limit the number of months a family may receive TANF benefits
What are time limits?
What racial groups have the highest rate of poverty?
Who are Blacks and Hispanics?
900,000 children suffer from this affliction which causes hearing loss, stunts growth and cause learning and developmental disabilities
What is lead poisoning?
Survival of the fittest is a term born out of this school of thought
What is Darwinism?
The focus of this program was to keep single mothers from being dependent on their children for labor and income, and to keep both mothers and children out of the workforce
What is aid to dependent children?
The federal government imposed a time limit of how many years for families to receive TANF benefits
What is 5 years?
By 2005 the number of people living in poverty was?
What is 37 million?
Not having enough access to enough food at all times active healthy living is known as
What is food insecurity?
Mexican Americans preserved the concept of family over the individual, which helped raise their standard of living. This is known as
What is familism?
To keep this group of individuals from receiving benefits, many states, particularly in the South tightened their eligibility requirements so as to exclude them
Who are blacks/African Americans?
The federal government imposed these that require recipients to work as soon as the state determines they are eligible or after 24 month of benefit recipient, whichever is earlier
What are work requirements?
Living below one half on the poverty line is known as?
What is extreme poverty?
These mothers are more likely to die during childbirth, give birth to low birth weight babies, are more likely to receive welfare and are less likely to know about child development
Who are teenage mothers?
This perspective on poverty suggests that, at best the poor are uneducated and untrained, at worst they are lazy and unmotivated.
What is individualism?
This President advocated reforming the welfare system believing that the federal government should institute a comprehensive series of reforms to prevent long term dependence on the system
Who is President Clinton?
Under TANF this type of education is generally not allowed, despite the fact that it would significantly improve job prospects, pay, and job benefits, like health insurance coverage
What is Post secondary/higher education?
This measure of poverty takes into account the amount of money required to meet basic needs (food, shelter, etc)
What is absolute measure?
Poverty undermines economic security and makes men less attractive for what institution
What is marriage?
This perspective on poverty suggests that poverty is a result of economic or social imbalances within our social structure that restrict opportunities for some people
What is social structuralism?
From the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act this program was created and went into effect as federal law in July, 1997
What is TANF?
Another TANF regulation is that those who receive assistance must assign these rights over to the state
What are child support rights?