1. HN 300-02 Unit 4 Seminar – Ending Poverty Madelyn Harvey, PhD

2. Slides developed by David H. Johnson Millersville University of Pennsylvania

3. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  Poverty as Deprivation  Relative Poverty  Absolute Poverty  The Official Federal Poverty Definition  Drawbacks to the Federal Poverty Definition

4. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  Difficulties in measurement  Value of in-kind benefits  Out-of-pocket medical costs  Effects of government transfer payments  Has public assistance actually reduced poverty?

5. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  Racial Disparity  Female-headed families  Children in poverty  Urban v. Rural poverty

6. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  Poverty as Lack of Human Capital  Culture of Poverty  Poverty as Exploitation  Structural Poverty

7. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  SNAP (formerly Food Stamps)  Department of Agriculture (USDA)  SNAP benefits

8. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)  Public Housing Developments  Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)  Home Ownership

9. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  The poor are invisible  Increased homelessness has made the poor visible

10. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  Two groups comprise most of homeless  People with alcohol and drug problems  People with severe mental illness  Other homeless people  Families with young children  Victims of domestic violence  Teens exiting foster care

11. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  Charitable organizations provide shelters  McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act  Shelter Plus (HUD)  Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Programs

12. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  Recent decades have brought sharply differing opinions  Some believe welfare increases the number of poor  Some point to the moral hazard of public assistance

13. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  Defining poverty is more political than rational  Poverty definitions are important in developing strategies  Measuring poverty, hunger, or homelessness is difficult  People are divided over the causes of poverty

14. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7e DiNitto  What is your definition of poverty?  Why does poverty exist?  How can policy influence poverty?