Important areas of social policy are wellbeing and welfare,
poverty reduction, social security, justice, unemployment insurance
, living conditions, animal rights, pensions, health care, social housing, family policy, social care, child protection, social exclusion, education policy, crime and criminal justice, urban …
Social policy is
concerned with the ways societies across the world meet human needs for security, education, work, health and wellbeing
. Social policy addresses how states and societies respond to global challenges of social, demographic and economic change, and of poverty, migration and globalisation.
There are good examples of social policy being
effective in reducing inequality and poverty
, successfully playing more than a residual role, addressing areas beyond a safety net, and engaging with broad public policy issues of distribution, protection, production and reproduction.
Social welfare includes healthcare, empowerment, housing and other programs geared towards assisting the poor, unemployed and marginalized in society. Such programs include
Medicaid
, AFDC (Aid for families with dependent children), WIC (women, infants and children) programs, veteran programs and others.
The primary social insurance programs today in America are
Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, and Workers Compensation
. To receive benefits, a person must contribute payroll taxes during their working years.
the
administration and maintenance of issues to do with social policies and welfare
. Social administration is concerned with social problems and with the ways in which society responds to those problems.
Today, Craig is going to talk about social policy – in the United States this means achieving one of three goals:
protecting Americans from risk, promoting equal opportunity, or assisting the poor
.
Social policy aims
to improve human welfare and to meet human needs for education, health, housing and economic security
.
Important areas of social policy are
wellbeing and welfare, poverty reduction, social security, justice, unemployment insurance
, living conditions, animal rights, pensions, health care, social housing, family policy, social care, child protection, social exclusion, education policy, crime and criminal justice, urban …
Most social policies affect families in some way or other. … Such policies would include those on
childcare, education, housing and crime
. Furthermore, many policies that impact upon families are those that make changes to the legislation on taxation and benefits, such as child tax credits.
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The provision of services and support to select social groups
. In contrast to *residualism, differentiation is not necessarily made on the basis of economic means.
The subjects and basic principles related with social policies are
social needs and social problems, equal rights and social justice, efficiency, equity and choice, altruism, reciprocity and obligation, and division, difference, and exclusion
[13]. Welfare state should provide some rights to the people.
Social policy helps us
to understand social problems in our society or world and their causes
, which affects every individual and how the government have or are implementing policies to solve these social problems. … Both work hand in hand to bring about a social change but in different context and settings.
What are the different types of welfare?
There are seven major welfare programs in America, they include
Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
, Child’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), housing assistance, and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
In some countries a distinction is drawn between “social services,” denoting programs, such as
health care and education
, that serve the general population, and “welfare services,” denoting aid directed to vulnerable groups, such as the poor, the disabled, or the delinquent.
- Healthcare.
- Education.
- Police.
- Labour Laws.
- Fire Services.
- Insurance Laws.
- Food Banks.
- Charitable Organisations.
