State Unemployment Unemployment benefits have been heavily used by many Americans since 2008. Rising unemployment numbers combined with lower paid wages has equaled an unprecedented demand on unemployment insurance for people across a variety of backgrounds, education levels and family sizes. Recently a state of panic has set in for many unemployment insurance recipients as [...]
Social Work Social work is a professional career individuals pursue whereby they work towards the improvement of others. This type of field has a wide range of options and opportunities that people take. It also offers the potential to be exposed to many different groups and types of people from a variety of walks of [...]
Welfare To Work With the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act in August of 1996, Pres. Bill Clinton and the United States Congress sent a clear welfare reform message: they wanted to end perpetual general welfare to Americans and help them to shift from welfare to work and self-sufficiency. Although the welfare [...]
Social Services The phrase “social services” can carry with it many different connotations and meanings. For many it will refer to different types of welfare and welfare definition concepts such as benefits and programs provided by local, state or national governments. Others envision social welfare programs that are more commonly offered by non-governmental non-profit organizations. [...]
