For your journal entry, you will explore aspects of your personal experience and/or beliefs regarding significant public policies and what you have learned in your readings. As you reflect, please address the following questions:
There are several federal welfare programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Section 8 Housing Assistance, Food Stamps, Medicaid, among others. Pick two of these policies and describe:
What social problem they are intended to address
What population they serve
Assess the strengths and any issues of each program.
For each program, do you think it is working well? If so, why? If not, what alternative program would you recommend to address the same social issue?
