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Social Policy and Advocacy Flashcards

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  1. The Social Security Act of 1935 originally established which two major social insurance programs?

    Answer: Old-Age Insurance and Unemployment Compensation

    The Social Security Act of 1935 created Old-Age Insurance (retirement benefits) and Unemployment Compensation as its two cornerstone social insurance programs.

  2. Which advocacy strategy involves working through established political and institutional channels to bring about policy change?

    Answer: Insider strategy

    The insider strategy involves working within existing governmental or institutional systems—such as lobbying legislators or testifying at hearings—to influence policy.

  3. Title XIX of the Social Security Act established which program?

    Answer: Medicaid

    Title XIX of the Social Security Act of 1965 established Medicaid, a joint federal-state program providing health coverage to low-income individuals.

  4. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 replaced AFDC with which program?

    Answer: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

    PRWORA replaced the entitlement program AFDC with TANF, a block grant program that imposed work requirements and a 60-month lifetime benefit limit.

  5. Which federal law prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in employment, public services, and public accommodations?

    Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

    The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is the comprehensive federal civil rights law prohibiting disability-based discrimination across employment, transportation, and public accommodations.

  6. In policy practice, 'macro social work' primarily refers to interventions at which level?

    Answer: Community, organizational, and societal

    Macro social work focuses on large-scale change through community organizing, policy advocacy, and organizational administration rather than direct individual-level service.

  7. According to NASW's Code of Ethics, social workers have an ethical obligation to engage in social and political action primarily to:

    Answer: Ensure clients access to needed resources and opportunities

    NASW's Code of Ethics (Standard 6.04) obligates social workers to engage in social and political action to expand client access to resources, services, and opportunities.