Abstract
This paper addresses the controversy over the effectiveness of public assistance programs, contending that in spite of the valid arguments against them, they do work but need improvement. It also mentions the development of public assistance programs.

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"President Lyndon B Johnson initiated the country's War on Poverty in his State of the Union address in which the statement "This administration today here and now declares unconditional war on poverty in America ..."

Tags:poverty, welfare, public assistance, Jewish welfare

Abstract
This paper explores employee assistance programs (EAP's), describing what they offer and the benefits that they can provide to employees and employers. It describes the benefits of EAP's regarding happier employees which lead to a more efficient workplace.

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"Employee assistance programs (EAP's) are programs that are generally provided by employers or in some cases jointly provided by employers and unions. Employee Assistance Programs (EAP's) are intended to assist employees and their family ..."

Tags:employee assistance programs, stress, benefits, EAPs, counseling

Abstract
This paper proposes a research study on Security Assistance Officers, or SAOs, who are U.S. military members authorized and trained as diplomatic specialists and used by the United States to help foster security assistance relationships. The writer explains that SAOs tend to have diverse backgrounds and leadership capabilities that mesh with security assistance assignments. The paper defines key terms, and discusses many of the major challenges faced by SAOs, particularly those working in Cairo, Egypt. The paper provides the example that the ideas, behaviors, values, and norms between Americans and host nation counterparts can cause cultural friction, potentially isolating SAOs from the local community. The paper concludes that SAOs need the skills and wisdom to lead effectively in multicultural environments, and extensive development in global and cultural leadership is needed to improve the chances of success. This paper includes illustrative tables and figures.

Outline:
The General Nature of the Problem
Background
Statement of the Problem
Definition of Terms
Questions To Be Addressed:
Contribution to the Field of Organizational Leadership
Research Time Table
References
Appendix A

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"Although the CCAI is a good tool for analyzing cultural competency, it does not cover every desired characteristic and behavior as identified in the body of literature. In particular, the CCAI lacks dimensions to measure the global/cultural characteristics of "cognitive skills", "engagement in personal transformation", "inquisitiveness", "cultural knowledge", "motivation to work in an international environment", "networking skills", "social judgment skills", and "social skills" (Jokinen et al, 2005). To supplement self-understanding of external perceptions by their foreign counterparts, and to evaluate dimensions not cover in the CCAI, qualitative research will be used."

Tags:rank, mentality, weapon, psychology

Abstract
This paper examines the positive impact of employee assistance programs on a company, most notably the resulting employee satisfaction and retention. First, the paper defines an employee assistance program (EAP) as the employing organization providing a variety of support programs for its employees. According to the paper, EAPs strive to provide a safer working environment or better heath care coverage for employees and their immediate relatives. The paper traces the development of EAPs in the US, highlighting a number of organizations and their programs. Employee eligibility for an EAP is also discussed. The paper also analyzes the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) Standards and Professional Guidelines. The paper concludes by stating that everyone benefits from EAPs. Employers benefit by having productive and more inspired employees,and employees feel that the company cares for them by ensuring that a first-respond lifeline program is available should the need arise.

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"EAPs comprise of various benefits and there can also be a lifeline for emotional distress resulting from accidents, deaths and relationship issues with families and friends. Other EAPs strive to provide a safer working environment or better heath care coverage for employees and their immediate relatives. Financial and legal aid may also be part of a company's EAP. Depending upon the thrust or the vision of a company, EAPs vary from company to company and in some states in the United States or even some countries, EAPs are mandatory inclusions in employee benefit programs and benefits. The goal is to help employees identify and clarify issues they are facing, provide resources to help them solve their problems, and train them to develop coping skills (Knapp, 2009).
There are varying reports as to when EAPs actually originated but one thing is certain through that it originated in the 1900s. The New York has had a documented history of EAP as far back as 1917 when "R.M. Macy and Co. and the Northern State Power Company were the first to recognize the need and to establish EAPs. Most EAPs began in the 1940s with employer concerns about alcoholism among white-collar workers (New York State, 2009)." Thus, the concept of the EAP originated in the 1970s in an effort to reduce substance abuse and intoxication in the workplace. Since that time, EAPs have evolved to deal with a variety of issues such as marital problems, depression, anger management, anxiety and physical illness."

Tags:monetary compensation, benefits, sick leave, day care

Abstract
The paper relates that disaster medical assistance teams are invaluable in providing medical assistance at the sites of various types of disaster. The paper focuses on the South Florida disaster medical assistance team, South FL DMAT-5, that is particularly successful in disaster response.

Outline:
Introduction
South FL DMAT-5
Hurricane Charley
Preparation
Duties of the DMAT
Hurricane Katrina
Conclusions

From the Paper
"Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) are defined as 'a group of professional and paraprofessional medical personnel designed to provide emergency medical care during a disaster or other event' (McEntire 156). They are utilized when a disaster or other event results in local medical professionals being overwhelmed by the situation. The system was set up by the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) in 1985 as a result of a meeting between local and state experts. There are currently 80 DMATs in the NDMS, with more than 7,000 medical and support personnel taking part."

Tags:hurricanes, hospital, tents, nurses, physicians

Abstract
This paper discusses international assistance that has been directed toward Afghanistan following the United States invasion after the September 11 terrorist attacks in America. The paper argues that this international assistance has been a failure and it discusses the reasons for this suggestion. It then discusses the role of the Committee for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan and what it has achieved.

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" One more reason for the failure was the Bush administration's cooperation with regional warlords, i.e., its decision to ally with them and their militia (Dorgan 2004). These warlords destabilized Afghanistan's central government, inhibited reconstruction efforts, enhanced the resurgence of narcotics production and trafficking, and contributed to human rights abuses against the Afghans. Yet the US continued to send financial support to these regional commanders and rely on their forces in dealing with remaining Taliban (USIP 2004 as qtd in Dorgan). The CIA simply handed suitcases of cash to these warlords to rearm or enable them to resume former positions in dealing with the Taliban. It also provided them with seed money for smuggling, drug trafficking and overall criminal activity (Dorgan)."

Tags:financial, Osama, reconstruction

Abstract
This case study examines the issues surrounding the influence, intervention, sanctions, and programs applied toward Indonesia support. Key to this study are the individual people, groups, and institutions surrounding the successes and failures in this assistance and the motivations, perceptions, and agendas involved.

Table of Contents
Introduction
History
Historical Overview of Indonesia and United States' National Security Interests
U.S. Military Assistance Prior to Sanctions and How Funding was Used
Sanctions
Aim
Objectives
The Informal Universe
Issue Leaders
Overview
Indonesia Players
Institutional Linkage
Human Rights Watch
Nike
United States Military Collaboration
Issue Clusters
Assessment
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography

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"According to the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs , Indonesia is a strategic key to our National Security interests. Located strategically alongside several important international maritime crossroads, ingress to the United States from the sea must be managed from such strategic locations. The United States enjoys a reliable relationship with Indonesia at this time; playing a significant role in its independence and supporting its anti-communistic position during the Cold War has worked to repay our nation in 'cordial and cooperative relations' today. Jemaah Islamiyah - a terrorist organization - made its presence known to Indonesia during terrorist attacks on Bali (October 2002) and Jakarta (August 2003). Occurring so close to the United States attacks of September 11, 2001, the alliance - although not a formal treaty - has meaning and value to both countries."

Tags:diplomatic, state, department, national, security

Abstract
This paper discusses that TANF replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Families (AFDC) portion of federally financed welfare assistance and was radically different than it. This paper describes that TANF consists of block grants of fixed amounts of federal funds to the states, which are free to provide welfare assistance to the poor on such terms as they individually see fit, subject to only to constitutional requirements and federal guidelines. The author feels that the aim of the TANF is to reduce the welfare rolls and associated costs by imposing time and other limitations on the availability of welfare benefits and by encouraging the transition of recipients from welfare to work.

Table of Contents
Background
Demands for Welfare Reform in the 1980s
First Three Years of Clinton Administration (1993-1995)
Passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Evaluation of the Impact and Success or Failure of TANF
Conclusion

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"Federal relief was originally intended as a temporary measure designed to alleviate the suffering caused by the economic dislocation produced by the Great Depression. President Franklin Roosevelt said at the time he introduced the Federal Relief Act in 1935 that "continued dependence on relief induces spiritual and moral degeneration." Primary reliance was on make work jobs as a source of income. AFDC was added as supplementary relief for families where the principal breadwinner was dead, absent or disabled. Over time, AFDC was expanded to include survivors and dependent coverage. In 1960s under Lyndon Johnson's anti-poverty program, additional federal and state financial assistance to poor families was provided in the form of free food stamps and school lunches, free or subsidized health care, education and housing, and aid to the elderly and disabled."

Tags:state, guidelines, constitution, limitations, benefits

Abstract
This paper reviews the benefits of research assistant companies. The paper argues that these benefits include the creation of new education markets, the streamlining of research methods and financial benefits to students, teachers and the staff members of the research companies.

Outline:
Introduction
What They Are
Financial Benefits
Student Assistance
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Students benefit from the commodity element of research assistance companies because they are the benefactors of the product. They are given opportunities to choose the best company and the companies work hard to attract their business by providing the best possible materials for them to draw from in their research."
"In short the industry has exploded into a healthy commodity market and through that market the students using the services are benefiting.
The research assistance business has generated conditions for additional markets to emerge which in turn creates an environment by which the cognitive process of learning becomes a market. "

Tags:libraries, student, teacher, publications, Questia

Abstract
This paper examines the New Jersey legislation, "Assistance Act of 1995" for abandoned and medically fragile infants, which was designed to curb the continuously increasing numbers of infants who were either abandoned by parents who are simply incapable of providing proper nurturing environment for their child. It explores the possible social reasons for the abandonment. The paper describes grants and provision of services available and foster families and foster care institutes to better utilize them for the benefit of all those medically fragile infants.

Table of Contents
Review of the Act
Purpose of the Act
Congress Research Findings
Grants for Projects/Services
Priority in Provision of Services
Case Plan With Respect to Foster Care
Administration of Grant
Requirements of Application:
Grants to provide nurturing home environments & family-centered services for medically fragile infants
Evaluations, Studies & Reports by Secretary
Definitions
Abandoned' & Abandonment
Dangerous Drugs
Natural Family
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Secretary
Authorization of Appropriations
Recommendations
Works Cited

From the Paper
"On March 16, 1995, "In the House of Representatives", Mr. Payne of New Jersey introduced a bill, which was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. The main motive behind this act was to establish a program that would assist abandoned and medically fragile infants. Consequently; the bill was cited as "Abandoned and Medically Fragile Infants Assistance Act of 1995"".

Tags:baby, illgrant, services, congress, provision, family-centered, nurturing, home, environments, abandonment, dangerous, drug, natural, family, acquired, immune, deficiency, syndrome