Monthly Archives: September 2014

Brookings Institute

 

 

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The Policy Institute our group analyzed was the Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization (Brookings, 2014). Their mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals:

  • Strengthen American democracy;
  • Foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans
  • Secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system (About Brookings, 2014).

 

 

Below you will find additional links to some resources(and our references used) we found helpful:

 

Image reference

https://www.ida-downtown.org/eweb/Dynamicpage.aspx?webkey=4d2a57f0-9a2b-4392-98f6-c1f1c071df13

 

California Legislature Passes ‘Yes Means Yes’ Standard For College Sexual Assault Policies

Link to article:The Blurred lines of the Affirmative Consent Bill

This article addresses SB967 which passed in senate August 28, 2014.   This bill requires California College campuses to require an affirmative consent standard and conscious and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. The phrase  ‘no means no’ changing to ‘yes means yes’ with the hopes that stories will not differ if both parties can have a clear understanding of what consent is. Some have brought up the concern of what defines “Yes?”

What do you all think?

Policy Article and Discussion-The Marriage Effect: Money or Parenting?

Here is a link to our groups policy article:The Marriage Effect: Money or Parenting?

Below you will find a little history and a short brief providing some general information and back round knowledge about our article.

 

Brief history: The AFDC(Aid to families with dependent children) was a federal assistance program that was established under the social security act in 1935. AFDC was designed to support children of families in a lower socioeconomic class.  States were given funds to administer cash assistance to families who met the program requirements.

Over time, their were some concerns that rose about families possibly abusing these funds and some also argued that this was not promoting self-sufficiency.

Here is some  additional information from the Administration for Children and Families website:

“Under the welfare reform legislation in 1996, TANF replaced AFDC. The law ended federal entitlement to assistance and instead created TANF as a block grant that provides States, territories and tribes federal funds each year. These funds cover benefits, administrative expenses, and services targeted to needy families. TANF became effective July 1, 1997, and was reauthorized in February 2006 under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” (About TANF, 2013).

TANF was then created to reduce welfare dependency first by requiring recipients to work and second to limit how long a family can receive welfare. Assumption is/was that if we get everyone to get married, we will end poverty and the need for welfare.

TANF Target populations are: Families receiving government aid,  families in a lower SES.

Jurisdiction of policy makers: Federal policy affecting All 50 states. Policy was put in place to govern how states distribute the funds to needy families.

Portion of the TANF policy that this article addresses are:

The formation of stable two-parent families

Decrease the quantity of out-of-wedlock pregnancies.