Speak Up
a political process by an individual or group which aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions
What is advocacy?
This approach to poverty aims to prevent people from becoming poor
What is the Preventative approach to poverty?
This amendment granted women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
the use of legislation to define how revenues are generated in order to achieve social objectives
What is tax policy?
This act aims to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for Americans.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
Three basic tools for advocacy
What are writing a legislator, calling a legislator, and visiting a legislator?
This concept says that poverty is transmitted intergenerationally and that certain of its traits are found in diverse cultures and societies
What is the Culture of Poverty?
The first Indian American to serve as a U.S. senator
Who is Kamala Harris?
On the U.S. political continuum, this perspective wants to tax the wealthy to fund social programs for the poor
What is liberalism?
This "Part" provides hospital insurance, covering inpatient hospital stays, skilled nursing facility care, hospice care, and some home health care
What is Medicare Part A?
These two things are known as "value documents"
What are policies and budgets?
This concept says an increasing trend among women and is related to low wages of traditional female employment, occupational segregation, and family decomposition
What is the Feminization of Poverty?
The state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote
What is disenfranchisement?
These three sectors make up our mixed welfare economy
What are governmental, voluntary (non-profit), and corporate (for-profit)?
A joint federal and state program that helps cover medical costs for some people with limited income and resources.
What is Medicaid?
using social work skills to
propose and change policies in order to achieve the
goal of social and economic justice
What is policy practice?
The purpose of this act was to transition from AFDC to a more closed-ended welfare system, which entailed work requirements for recipients and also had a specific end date/time limit.
What is the (PRWORA) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act?
The first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
This theory of economics says that government intervention is required to stimulate and regulate economic growth
What is Keynesian Economics?
This act established a system of community-based care, instead of institutional care across the U.S. for people with mental illness.
What is the Community Mental Health Centers Act?
All groups and individuals who have an interest in the outcomes of a policy practice initiative.
What are Stakeholders?
This act is a federal law that aims to ensure that children and youth from PreK- 12 experiencing homelessness have access and the right to education.
What is the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act?
The Mayor of Denton
Who is Gerard Hudspeth?
a person whose power derives from their wealth
What is a plutocrat?
This act provides comprehensive care and support services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS
What is the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (Ryan White Care Act)?