Abstract
This paper explains that in order for workfare programs alternatives to be viable, the American political system will need to change current attitudes regarding corporate free reign and social responsibility. It explains that restrictions and penalties will need to be levied against multinational corporations to ensure that further exploitation of human capital is drastically reduced. Corporate profitability should never be at the expense of the nations poor. Likewise, American social policies should never be dictated by business interests.

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"Welfare reform attempts throughout the past few presidential administrations has led to the development of various state programs that incorporate a work-first approach to social relief. This strategy of requiring welfare recipients to work for aide has become commonly referred to as workfare. Although some of the experimental programs have claimed to achieve successes in reducing welfare rolls, critics of these initiatives propose that their implementation promotes decreased wages, employment instability, workplace deterioration and various social problems for participants."

Tags:welfare, workfare

Abstract
Canada and the United States are in the midst of a period of economic expansion almost unprecedented in history. Integral to this expansion has been the tax and spending cuts of ideologically conservative governments. These governments have removed a great many lazy women and children from the welfare rolls and, through policies such as workfare, made them productive workers in our society. This paper will demonstrate, however, that this process may be seen as very logical when viewed from a feminist perspective. Underlying the conservative arguments about finances and budget is a subtextual debate about power in general and patriarchal power in particular. It will be argued that the welfare state is an integral feature of this patriarchal power structure. As such, the welfare state's focus on the weakest and the most disadvantaged in our society - whether in cutting benefits or controlling behaviour - reflects a continuing interest of patriarchal power structures in dominating the lives of women who are disproportionately represented in those dependent upon the welfare state.

Abstract
This paper examines the impact of welfare reforms on Ontario. Specifically, it assesses whether the changes made by the Tories -workfare, reduced rates and tighter qualifications - reduced the demand for welfare and if there were other consequences to these changes.

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"Welfare reform has been given a high priority by the Republican Congress. Welfare is administered differently in the different states, but reform is being directed at giving even more control to the individual states. The Republican program would first of all send many programs back to the states and allow local control. The legislation would end the 60-year federal guarantee of providing welfare checks to eligible low-income mothers. Representative E. Clay Shaw Jr. from Florida, chairman of the House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee, sees this change as "the first step in getting rid of poverty and the programs that have so corrupted this country" (Katz, 1995, 3544). Welfare policy evolved slowly over the last fifty years or so. It is manifested in different ways in different parts of the country already, though it is determined..."

Abstract
This essay will argue that an integral component of this revision is the reconsideration of the relationship between concepts of social justice and political justice. In a time when social democratic parties - the creators of the welfare state in the mid-twentieth century - are the leaders in the deconstruction of that same vision of social justice, it is necessary to reexamine the imperatives underlying the welfare state. This essay will argue that the idea of a social safety net is a prerequisite for the continuing health of democracy in the West. The continued unravelling of this net by programs such as workfare present the prospect of increased social inequality, and eventual political instability, in the decades to come.

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This paper discusses the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, and what actual effects it has had on former welfare recipients. It further poses the questions of have they found work? If so, has working pulled them out of poverty? The results of welfare reform are found to be mixed, with only modest indications of success. The chief effect of reform is perhaps political, in largely eliminating "welfare" as a campaign issue.

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"The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was the most extensive overhaul of federal welfare policy since the New Deal era. As the official title of the measure suggests, the implicit assumption behind the act was that welfare recipients or some large proportion of them were not unfortunates who genuinely needed public assistance, such as the disabled, but at bottom lazy people who preferred collecting a welfare check to putting in a day's work."

Tags:welfare reform, work, poverty, political, attitudes toward poor, welfare politics

Abstract
The paper discusses how welfare is part of the social safety net in the United States, a net that has been stronger at some times than at others. The paper notes that the welfare system has also been a political football and has drawn criticism from those who believe it does do enough for people in need and from those who believe it does too much and is too expensive. The paper discusses another criticism that while the system was created to help people until they could get on their feet and help themselves, it has more often created a class that takes advantage of the system and may even thrive on welfare as a permanent condition. The paper argues that the extent of that sort of abuse has always been exaggerated.

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"Welfare is part of the social safety net in the United States, a net that has been stronger at some times than at others. The welfare system has also been a political football and has drawn criticism from those who believe it does do enough for people in need and from those who believe it does too much and is too expensive. Another criticism has been that while the system was created to help people until they could get on their feet and help themselves, it has more often created a class that takes advantage of the system and may even thrive on welfare as a permanent condition. The extent of that sort of abuse, though, has always been exaggerated."

Tags:welfare, reform, law

Abstract
The paper discusses how Zlotnik (2001) contends that as time has progressed, there has been a separation between those in the social work profession and those in the child welfare profession, with social workers receiving degrees and child welfare workers being hired without an educational background. The paper highlights Zlotnik's belief that if policies were changed to include mandatory educational requirements for child welfare workers, as well as a new focus in social work degrees on children, such turnovers would be reduced (p. 24). The paper shows how Zlotnik (2001) concludes that while this change in policy would require a collaborative effort among all agencies, it would be a significant step toward rebuilding the child welfare workforce and aiding society's children for the future (p. 24).

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"The article proposals directly impact the role of the social worker, as Zlotnik discusses, because there is a new focus on the importance of child welfare workers and social workers seeking the same goal - to address the needs of families and children (24). Zlotnik contends that as time has progressed there has been a separation between those in the social work profession and those in the child welfare profession, with social workers receiving degrees and child welfare workers being hired without an educational background. Zlotnik further stipulates that over time this has

Tags:child, welfare, policy

Abstract
One of the greatest social debates over the past several decades has centered on the government providing welfare or government assistance to those who cannot fully take care of themselves. With the number of those who are poor ever growing, those who have no means of gainful employment, no way to provide themselves or their families with things needed for survival, such as shelter, clothing, or sustenance. While the hard numbers of welfare can be discussed and analyzed all day this issue mostly comes down to being one of ethics. Using the ethical theories of the classic philosophers, arguments can be made that are both for and against government-based welfare programs. This paper argues that by applying Aristotle's ethics, we can determine that welfare is not an ethical way to combat poverty, as it does not nurture the poor to develop ethical behaviors.

Tags:ethics, welfare, aristotle

Abstract
This paper explains that, in an effort to improve employment rates, states were provided with much latitude to experiment with a variety of welfare-to-work programs by creating employment and training programs, job search, education and workfare. The author points out that, across the country, state budgets have been falling as a result of reduced revenues; consequently, it has become particularly important for state employment services to be able to provide objective indicators of the economic success of their programs. The paper relates that this study will employ a hybrid methodology, using both a qualitative literature review concerning job development initiatives and grant programs and a statistical analysis of the wage records from the State of Ohio since the inception of the Enterprise Ohio Network in 1986 to the present, to identify significant trends and the impact of these and other initiatives on the employment rate in the State of Ohio compared to other states, which have similar development programs.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Overview of Study
Preliminary Review of Related Literature
Background and Overview
State of Ohio Targeted Industries Training Grants
Methodology

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"Today, the Enterprise Ohio Network is a statewide consortium comprised of 54 public two-year colleges and university branch campuses; since 1986, these 2-year schools have been partnering with businesses, organizations and public service agencies to provide real-world experiences and opportunities in the workplace. The Targeted Industries Training Grants are currently available to eligible companies through the statewide network of Enterprise Ohio Network campuses. In their segment, "Who are we?," the organization reports that it is "a statewide quality and productivity improvement resource available to all Ohio businesses seeking to improve their selection, development and retention of talented people." The Enterprise Ohio Network was established in 1986 as a framework in which to bring Ohio's public two-year community and technical colleges and university branch campuses together to better serve Ohio companies by partnering with companies to profile jobs, assess skill requirements, screen new hires, and deliver training that supports business success; and helping employers build teams, reduce scrap, decrease machine down time, improve cycle times, increase output, improve customer satisfaction."

Tags:welfare-to-work, wage-record, statistical, budgets, objective