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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto Poverty as Deprivation Relative Poverty Absolute Poverty The Official Federal Poverty Definition Drawbacks to the Federal Poverty Definition
Transcript of HN 300-02 Unit 4 Seminar – Ending Poverty Madelyn Harvey, PhD.
HN 300-02Unit 4 Seminar – Ending PovertyMadelyn Harvey, PhD
Slides developed by David H. Johnson
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
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Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7eDiNitto
Poverty as DeprivationRelative PovertyAbsolute PovertyThe Official Federal Poverty
DefinitionDrawbacks to the Federal Poverty
Definition
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Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7eDiNitto
Difficulties in measurement Value of in-kind benefits Out-of-pocket medical costs Effects of government transfer payments
Has public assistance actually reduced poverty?
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Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7eDiNitto
Racial DisparityFemale-headed familiesChildren in povertyUrban v. Rural poverty
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Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7eDiNitto
Poverty as Lack of Human CapitalCulture of PovertyPoverty as ExploitationStructural Poverty
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Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7eDiNitto
SNAP (formerly Food Stamps)Department of Agriculture (USDA)SNAP benefits
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Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7eDiNitto
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Public Housing DevelopmentsHousing Choice Voucher Program
(Section 8)Home Ownership
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Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7eDiNitto
The poor are invisible Increased homelessness has made
the poor visible
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Two groups comprise most of homeless People with alcohol and drug problems People with severe mental illness
Other homeless people Families with young children Victims of domestic violence Teens exiting foster care
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Charitable organizations provide shelters
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Shelter Plus (HUD)Single Room Occupancy (SRO)
Programs
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Recent decades have brought sharply differing opinions
Some believe welfare increases the number of poor
Some point to the moral hazard of public assistance
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Defining poverty is more political than rational
Poverty definitions are important in developing strategies
Measuring poverty, hunger, or homelessness is difficult
People are divided over the causes of poverty
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What is your definition of poverty?Why does poverty exist?How can policy influence poverty?
