Question 1

Long-term care services are strictly medically-focused and do not include daily living activities.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Studies have shown that early childhood education has no long-term effect on high school graduation rates or adult earned income.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

How did TANF reform welfare?

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The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program significantly reformed welfare in the United States when it was enacted in 1996, replacing the previous program known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). TANF introduced several key changes to the welfare system:

1. Work Requirements: TANF established work requirements as a condition for receiving benefits. Adults who are able to work must participate in certain work activities, which can include employment, job search, vocational training, or community service, for a minimum number of hours per week.

2. Time Limits: TANF imposed a five-year lifetime limit on the receipt of benefits for most families. This was a major shift from the AFDC program, which did not have such time constraints. States have the flexibility to exempt up to 20% of their caseload from the time limit for hardship reasons.

3. Block Grants to States: TANF is a block grant program, which means the federal government provides a fixed amount of money to each state to run its own welfare program. This gives states significant flexibility in designing their programs, including setting benefit levels, eligibility requirements, and the types of services provided.

4. Focus on Family Stability: TANF emphasizes the promotion of marriage and the formation of two-parent families as a strategy for reducing poverty and welfare dependency. States are encouraged to use TANF funds to support programs that promote these goals.

5. State Autonomy and Innovation: With the block grant structure, states have the autonomy to innovate and tailor their welfare programs to the needs of their populations. This has led to a wide variety of approaches to welfare across the United States.

6. Sanctions for Non-Compliance: TANF allows states to impose sanctions on recipients who do not meet work requirements or other program rules. These sanctions can include a reduction or termination of benefits.

7. Emphasis on Child Support Enforcement: TANF includes provisions to strengthen the enforcement of child support, requiring states to establish paternity and pursue child support payments from non-custodial parents.

8. Support Services: TANF funds can be used to provide a range of support services to help recipients transition from welfare to work, such as childcare assistance, transportation aid, and education and training programs.

Overall, TANF shifted the focus of welfare from providing long-term cash assistance to promoting self-sufficiency through work and reducing dependency on government aid. The reform was aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty by encouraging employment and personal responsibility. While TANF has been credited with reducing welfare caseloads and increasing employment among low-income individuals, it has also faced criticism for not providing sufficient support to some families, particularly during economic downturns when jobs are harder to find.

Question 4

What have family impact analyses on the EITC revealed about the eligibility of cohabiting vs. married couples?

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Question 5

What makes designing long-term care policy more difficult than designing acute care policy?

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Question 6

A family impact analysis on international adoption showed significant underrepresentation of and lack of advocacy for the interests of the adoptive family.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What three questions do Bogenschneider et al. (2012) raise for considering family impact on policy?

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Question 8

A family-focused healthcare approach can help prevent professional medical intervention as family involvement affects promotion of good health, risk reduction, vulnerability, disease onset, disease relapse and adaptation to illness and recovery.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

An example of how the family impact lens can guide program implementation is seen in a meta-analysis finding that participation in family-centered programs results in improved self-efficacy, child and parent behaviors, and family well-being.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In a comparison of the U.K.'s parent-centered approach to parent education and the U.S.'s couple-centered approach, parent -focused groups showed the most improvement in both child and parent relationships.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which welfare policy provided cash assistance to low or no-income families?

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Question 12

The family impact lens considers effects of certain legislation, rules, programs, and organizations on family well-being.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Healthy Start, a children's healthcare policy in Wisconsin, and SCHIP, a federal children's healthcare policy, are great examples of how role of families is valued and supported by policymakers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Name two ways family considerations shifted the perspective on welfare policy?

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Question 15

The "Make Work Pay" experiments conducted in Milwaukee, Minnesota, and Canada were effective in raising low-income families out of poverty, especially single-mothers, African Americans, and high school dropouts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the last three decades, childcare services for preschool-age children plummeted from 80% to 25% in correlation with the unemployment rate and an increased rate of work-at-home mothers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Give examples of how the family impact lens has impacted the effectiveness, the efficiency, and the implementation of family policies.

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Question 18

How many jobs are expected to be added the U.S. economy over the next 70 years provided that preschools have universal participation?

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Question 19

What role do families play in creating juvenile delinquents? What role can families play in policies aimed at reducing juvenile crime? What process did Washington State use to implement evidence-based policy?

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Question 20

What are the provisions and eligibility requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?

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Exam 7: How Current Policy Issues Can Benefit From the Family Impact Lens

Long-term care services are strictly medically-focused and do not include daily living activities.

Studies have shown that early childhood education has no long-term effect on high school graduation rates or adult earned income.

How did TANF reform welfare?

What have family impact analyses on the EITC revealed about the eligibility of cohabiting vs. married couples?

What makes designing long-term care policy more difficult than designing acute care policy?

A family impact analysis on international adoption showed significant underrepresentation of and lack of advocacy for the interests of the adoptive family.

What three questions do Bogenschneider et al. (2012) raise for considering family impact on policy?

A family-focused healthcare approach can help prevent professional medical intervention as family involvement affects promotion of good health, risk reduction, vulnerability, disease onset, disease relapse and adaptation to illness and recovery.

An example of how the family impact lens can guide program implementation is seen in a meta-analysis finding that participation in family-centered programs results in improved self-efficacy, child and parent behaviors, and family well-being.

In a comparison of the U.K.'s parent-centered approach to parent education and the U.S.'s couple-centered approach, parent -focused groups showed the most improvement in both child and parent relationships.

Which welfare policy provided cash assistance to low or no-income families?

The family impact lens considers effects of certain legislation, rules, programs, and organizations on family well-being.

Healthy Start, a children's healthcare policy in Wisconsin, and SCHIP, a federal children's healthcare policy, are great examples of how role of families is valued and supported by policymakers.

Name two ways family considerations shifted the perspective on welfare policy?

The "Make Work Pay" experiments conducted in Milwaukee, Minnesota, and Canada were effective in raising low-income families out of poverty, especially single-mothers, African Americans, and high school dropouts.

In the last three decades, childcare services for preschool-age children plummeted from 80% to 25% in correlation with the unemployment rate and an increased rate of work-at-home mothers.

Give examples of how the family impact lens has impacted the effectiveness, the efficiency, and the implementation of family policies.

How many jobs are expected to be added the U.S. economy over the next 70 years provided that preschools have universal participation?

What role do families play in creating juvenile delinquents? What role can families play in policies aimed at reducing juvenile crime? What process did Washington State use to implement evidence-based policy?

What are the provisions and eligibility requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?