CHD4615 Exam 1 Review Guide Why Family Policy is Important Public vs Private Realms Public external outside of the home o Under the government s supervision o Ex what your boss does when he s at work Private home life child rearing Public events like employment benefits can affect the private lives of families Public activities of the family like instilling values in children and supporting the sick have huge impacts on the public sphere Major Functions Families Serve in Society Childcare policies regarding what constitutes a child care facility Education there are education rules that exists such as a school not being allowed to cover certain topics Job training practical skills are usually passed on through family roles However it is the governments responsibility to teach basic skills Health care rules about who a hospital can discharge you to some require that it must be family Poverty eradication if your family is in poverty it is likely that you will enter poverty as well There are some policies to try to prevent this Child protection Nutritional support food stamps Economic support federal aid Family Aid State Children s Health Insurance Program SCHIP Provides health insurance coverage for children whose families are not eligible for Medicaid but who cannot afford insurance Earned Income Tax Credit EITC A federal tax credit for low and moderate income working people It encourages and regards work as well as offsets federal payroll and income taxes One of the most effective antipoverty programs we have here Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP Formerly food stamps SNAP offers nutrition assistance to millions of eligible low income individuals and families and provides economic benefits to communities SNAP is the largest program in the domestic hunger safety net Head start Promotes school readiness of children under 5 from low income families through education health social and other services One of the leading place for childhood mental health Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children WIC Provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods health care referrals and nutrition education for low income pregnant breastfeeding and non breastfeeding postpartum women and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk Addresses issues of health care mental health poverty nutrition Medicaid A social health care program for families and individuals with low income and limits resources Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health related services for people with low income in the United States Provides federal old age benefits funded by tax payer money Established in 1935 Social Security Act Child Care Tax Credit Provided families with 3 5 billion of assistance in paying for child care Grassroots Movements These are all movements lead by students or single individuals Re vitalized national and international discussions about income inequality increased news coverage of income inequality issues by 500 Occupy Wall Street 2010 2011 Arab Spring 2011 In response to human rights abuses media censorship and other issues student organized and initiated protests overthrew governments in Tunisia Egypt Libya and Yemen Tea Party Movement 2009 Concerned about taxes and government spending the Tea Party successfully reshaped the politics of the Republican Party and is considered responsible for the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in 2012 Berkeley of the South 1960 1975 During the 60s and 70s FSU was a hotspot of student activism including regular protests about women s rights racial integration and the Vietnam war Students successfully shaped policy set by the University achieving integration in 1962 and founding The Center for Participant Education As part of this process FSU students also originated the practice of streaking when in 1974 200 students ran nude across Landis Davis v Prince Edward County 1951 16 year old Barbara Johns rallied students to protest the segregation of schools in Farmville VA and lead a series of strikes These in turn lead to a lawsuit Davis v Prince Edward County which was ultimately combined with other suits into the Brown v Board of Education o Brown v Board of Education started by a 16 year old high school student which launched the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia and pushed the state to integrate its public schools Those schools did not provide school conditions similar to the conditions whites received creating the supreme court act Cuban Revolution 1928 1933 In response to government mismanagement during the Great Depression and other social complaints students in Cuba launched a brief revolution that overthrew the sitting government They installed a new government headed by a popular college professor Dr Ramon Grau San Martin Polish Solidarity movement Emailed Professor Benesh about this and he said you basically just need to recognize that it is a Grassroot Movement so that could be the case for all of these I just provided extra info an international nonviolent movement that began as a political uprising by an independent trade union in the 1980s that made significant headway against Soviet rule Policies and practices Collective Bargaining Rights employees for the terms of their contact wages and working conditions usually through a trade union that speaks on behalf of the employees Organized workers practice of negotiating with their Unemployment Benefits Retraining Opportunities government supplemental incomes for the unemployed chances for the unemployed underemployed to learn new services providing a reprieve for caregivers of the elderly skills that better equip them for the workplace usually with specific criteria for inclusion and requirements that the worker seek new employment Respite Care chronologically ill or those with disabilities by taking over their care responsibilities for a period of time an organized group of laborers working for privately owned firms whose leadership negotiates for the rights and interests of the group s shared goals government run organizations whose leadership negotiated for the right and interests of the group s shared goals seriously ill family member while continuing to receive some income policy allowing a worker time off to care for a new child or a an organized group of public sector laborers working for Private Sector Unions Public Sector Unions Paid Family Leave o In many nations NOT in the US it