Deck 5: The Delivery of Social Welfare Services

Question 1

Do you think that the federal government should provide social services?  Why?  What do you think is the ideal role for the federal government in relation to the provision of social welfare services?

Answer 1

Answers Will Vary

Question 2

National organizations easily defined social work and quickly developed the profession during the 1950s

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Jane Addams is most commonly known as a key figure of the Settlement Movement

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Is social work a profession today?  What makes it a profession?  What are some of the conflicts surrounding professionalization?

Question 5

Charity Organization Societies

A)focused services on the individual
B)focused services on the community
C)gave rise to the groups work movement
D)were housed in churches and other religious organizations
E)were the first public social welfare service agencies

Question 6

There are strengths and weaknesses of for-profit and nonprofit social services. Cite and explain a strength and weakness for each form of social service agency.

Question 7

In-kind benefits are public assistance in the form of services or commodities

Question 8

The Social Security Act of 1935 codified two parts of our social welfare system:

A)Medicare and Medicaid
B)public assistance and social insurance
C)unemployment insurance and the Earned Income Tax Credit
D)in-kind benefits and vouchers
E)social investment and economic development

Question 9

Tribal governments operate separate from the federal government

Question 10

The Charity Organization Societies and the Settlement Movement contributed to the development of the social work profession.  What were the key contributions from each?

Question 11

Which of the following is not true about private social welfare agencies?

A)Private social welfare agencies can never make a profit
B)Private social welfare agencies help to deliver social services
C)Private social welfare agencies are part of the constellation of our social welfare system
D)Private social welfare agencies are not run by the government
E)Private social welfare agencies can be for-profit or non-profit

Question 12

Entitlement programs are those that people deserve

Question 13

Social welfare services are provided primarily through which of the following?

A)federal government
B)state government
C)local government
D)tribal government
E)all forms of government

Question 14

A voucher 

A)is not a form of social welfare assistance
B)cannot be used to purchase a service
C)is a cross between in-kind benefits and cash assistance
D)is received as a condition of employment
E)never used in true social welfare programs

Question 15

Settlement houses

A)were located in rural areas to help people receive needed services
B)settled poor people in houses
C)served urban poor and immigrants
D)focused services on the individual
E)were the first private social welfare agencies

Question 16

Tribal governments are

A)sovereign nations
B)state governments
C)no longer in existence
D)appointed by state governors
E)appointed by state legislators

Question 17

The most common form of public assistance is government payment of money from general taxes, called

A)social security
B)cash assistance
C)public insurance
D)monthly benefits
E)public distribution

Question 18

The Charity Organization Societies differed from the Settlement Movement because:

A)They worked with poor families
B)They embraced cultural diversity
C)They were staffed by concerned workers
D)Their practice focus was on the individual
E)Their practice focus was on the community

Question 19

Social work as a profession dates back to

A)1775
B)1854
C)1898
D)1912
E)1935

Question 20

Mary Richmond is most commonly known as a key figure of the Charity Organization Societies

Question 21

What is meant by the concept of the "submerged state"?  How do you think it impacts public support for government intervention?