CCAP History 5

Question 1

Which 1996 federal law significantly reshaped the landscape for CAA clients by ending the federal entitlement to welfare and creating time-limited block grants?

Accepted Answer

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)

Answer

PRWORA replaced AFDC with TANF, imposing time limits and work requirements that dramatically changed the population CAAs served and the supports clients needed.

Question 2

The National Association of Community Action Agencies (NACAA), which later became Community Action Partnership, was established to:

Accepted Answer

Provide a collective voice and technical assistance for the CAA network nationally

Answer

NACAA/Community Action Partnership serves as the national network association, providing advocacy, training, and peer learning for the 1,000+ CAA network.

Question 3

President Reagan's 'New Federalism' philosophy, which shaped the 1981 CSBG transition, held that anti-poverty programs were better administered at which level?

Accepted Answer

State and local levels with minimal federal mandates

Answer

Reagan's New Federalism pushed responsibility for social programs to states and localities, arguing they were closer to local needs and more efficient than federal administration.

Question 4

The Lyndon B. Johnson administration's internal debates over the 'community action' approach centered on a key tension between which two goals?

Accepted Answer

Empowering the poor through participation versus maintaining political stability and relationships with city mayors

Answer

Johnson faced pressure from mayors like Chicago's Richard Daley who resisted low-income residents gaining independent political power through CAAs.

Question 5

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), now administered by many CAAs, was created in which year as part of the federal energy policy response?

Accepted Answer

1981

Answer

LIHEAP was established in 1981 as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act to help low-income households with energy costs following the 1970s oil crises.

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CCAP History 5