1. Unit 4 Who Gets What? The Analysis of Types of Benefits and Services

2. While we’re waiting, choose and answer two... If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get? What is one goal you’d like to accomplish during your lifetime? When you were little, who was your favorite super hero and why? If you were an ice cream flavor, which one would you be and why? What’s your favorite cartoon character, and why? If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose to go and why

3. Social Welfare Benefits 1. Income Transfer 2. Non-Market Exchange: no labor or trade is involved

4. Types of Benefits and Services Material Goods/ Commodities Cash Expert Services Positive Discrimination Credits/Vouchers Subsidies Government Guarantees Protective Regulation Power over Decisions

5. How do we decide which benefit type is best? Does the benefit fix the problem? Does the benefit work with the design of the program? Will the benefit stigmatize the recipients? Does it fix the problem the way the funder wants to (target efficiency)? Is it cost effective? Does it empower the recipients and give them choice? Will the chosen benefit attain the program goal? (prevent substitutability) Do the benefits of the program benefit outweigh any unwanted consequences (ie. Fairness)? (trade off)

6. The US Foster Care System Does the benefit fix the problem? It does not end child abuse. Does the benefit work with the design of the program? It provides children with a safe home as part of a larger program. Will the benefit stigmatize the recipients? In what way are foster children stigmatized? Does it fix the problem the way the funder wants to (target efficiency)? Ending child abuse and reunification is the target. Is it cost effective? What is the value of children’s safety? Does it empower the recipients and give them choice? Families? The children? Will the chosen benefit attain the program goal? (prevent substitutability) Will foster care end child abuse? Do the benefits of the program benefit outweigh any unwanted consequences (ie. Fairness)? (trade off) Discussion. (aging out, re- trauma, etc.)

7. Unit 4 Discussion Posts (2) This week, we will discuss benefits and services provided to our communities through our local social services agencies. We will identify the strength and weaknesses of the foster care system in the U.S. and assess how these services fit with the social issue of children needing out of home placement. Using the same agency you chose for your Unit 3 project, tell us the name of that agency, the population served, and the social problem this agency intends to impact. Then, describe in detail the benefits/services that consumers of this agency receive. Based on the chart on p. 77, what type of benefits/services does your chosen agency deliver, and why did you classify these services this way?