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vinney12 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Social workers often encounter clients with multiple needs. For example, a single mother who has recently been evicted
from her apartment may be eligible for several types of assistance to help meet housing, financial, medical and/or
nutrition needs. List and briefly describe at least three such assistance programs

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Briefly describe the difference between the residual and institutional approaches to providing social welfare services.

What will be an ideal response?

af · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: TANF, Food Stamps, Medicaid, public housing, WIC, school breakfast/lunch programs.

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: Institutional social welfare services are in place to prevent people from having a problem. They are
proactive and provide benefits of services to people before problems arise. Residual services come into
play only after there is a specific, identifiable problem. Residual services are designed to meet only the
identified problem.