SOC 209 DISCUSSION POST & REVIEW QUESTIONS DUE 02/18/26

OPEN-ENDED REVIEW QUESTIONS

1.What are the differences between public and private social welfare services?

2.Briefly explain the following forms of Social Welfare Assistance:

• Public Assistance and Social Insurance
• Cash Assistance Programs
• In-Kind Benefit Programs
• Vouchers
• Entitlement
• Social investment
• Economic development

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DISCUSSION POST #1

VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/QaN6ibm5r-I

Todays super-rich are putting record sums into tackling the worlds most pressing problems. With your classmates discuss how altruistic is this golden age of charitable giving. How effective are Charity Organization Societies?

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DISCUSSION POST # 2

VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/PWiHtUymEhw

VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/SFPOO82AS9Q

The video is a summary of the settlement house movement. With your classmates discuss how the settlement movement is apparent in social work practice today.