Homework Clinic
Social Science Clinic => Sociology => Topic started by: sheilaspns on Aug 17, 2019
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Question 1
The most glaring omission of the reform laws of the 1990s was the failure to:
◦ Require states to provide educational and job training opportunities to welfare recipients.
◦ Deny welfare assistance to illegal immigrants.
◦ Give states incentives to place welfare recipients in low wage jobs.
◦ Provide adequate funding for childcare and transportation.
Question 2
Welfare reform of the 1990s allowed welfare mothers to:
◦ Lose benefits if they did not work or prove efforts to find work.
◦ Increase their benefits if they attended college.
◦ Receive exemptions of they were mentally ill or developmentally delayed.
◦ Be sterilized if they had more children.
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Answer 1
Require states to provide educational and job training opportunities to welfare recipients.
Answer 2
Lose benefits if they did not work or prove efforts to find work.