Unit 3 Section A I Background Knowled s Social Welfare Public assistance programs, commonly called"welfare", provide cash or in-kind benefits fo particular categories of the financially needy. The U.S. welfare system operates on both the federal and state levels. The federal welfare program is known as Social Security that provides benefits or assistance for childcare, disability, food and medical assistance(also known as medicaid ). The state welfare programs, on the other hand, provide assistance to both individuals and local communities with state schooling and social insurance U.S. welfare programs grew significantly in the decades following World War Il, but increases in welfare costs during the 1960s and 1970s brought into question the extent and quality of public assistance. In the early 1980s the Reagan Administration reduced welfare expenditure and suggested turning responsibility for welfare funding over to the states. The cuts in federal funding that took effect during the Reagan Administration did in fact effectively place the responsibility for maintaining funding levels on the states- and, in some cases, on the larger cities The result has been a widening of the already existing disparities in social services spending tween states, and between cities and regions within a state. An example of the state welfare systemcanbeseenathttp://www.state.tn.usundertheHealthandSocialProgramssection Social welfare is an integrated part of a countrys social policy II. Text analysis what's the text mainly about? de. The passage explores the problems of the present welfare system first and then expresses the esire to have a new system. According to the author, a disabled person with spinal cord injuries, he is forced to account for every penny while enduring lectures by the caseworkers. It is hard to have his wheelchair repaired and even harder to make a gradual shift away from welfare. That is why he longs for a new system under which the disabled like him can earn part or all of their own How is the text organized? assage is composed of three parts: how people behave under the present welfare system, what are the problems with it, and what solutions should be applied to the problems. The organization of the whole passage goes after the problem-solution pattern, spiced throughout with examples taken from the authors own experiences Current Problems Solutions situation with the to the describing system problemsUnit 3 Section A I. Background Knowledge Social Welfare Public assistance programs, commonly called “welfare”, provide cash or in-kind benefits for particular categories of the financially needy. The U.S. welfare system operates on both the federal and state levels. The federal welfare program is known as Social Security that provides benefits or assistance for childcare, disability, food and medical assistance (also known as medicaid). The state welfare programs, on the other hand, provide assistance to both individuals and local communities with state schooling and social insurance. U.S. welfare programs grew significantly in the decades following World War II, but increases in welfare costs during the 1960s and 1970s brought into question the extent and quality of public assistance. In the early 1980s the Reagan Administration reduced welfare expenditure and suggested turning responsibility for welfare funding over to the states. The cuts in federal funding that took effect during the Reagan Administration did in fact effectively place the responsibility for maintaining funding levels on the states — and, in some cases, on the larger cities. The result has been a widening of the already existing disparities in social services spending between states, and between cities and regions within a state. An example of the state welfare system can be seen at http://www.state.tn.us under the Health and Social Programs section. Social welfare is an integrated part of a country’s social policy II. Text Analysis What’s the text mainly about? The passage explores the problems of the present welfare system first and then expresses the desire to have a new system. According to the author, a disabled person with spinal cord injuries, he is forced to account for every penny while enduring lectures by the caseworkers. It is hard to have his wheelchair repaired and even harder to make a gradual shift away from welfare. That is why he longs for a new system under which the disabled like him can earn part or all of their own livings. How is the text organized? The passage is composed of three parts: how people behave under the present welfare system, what are the problems with it, and what solutions should be applied to the problems. The organization of the whole passage goes after the problem-solution pattern, spiced throughout with examples taken from the author’s own experiences. Current situation describing Problems with the system Solutions to the problems