Many women receiving welfare are of the working class. These are individuals that hold employment voluntarily as well as involuntarily. Many welfare programs require women to work to receive benefits. The argument that evolves from this is that poor women do not have the choice to spend time with their young children. One side of the arguement argues that women that are financially secure are granted the right to raise their children by being in the home with their children in the child's early life stage. For poor women, the importance of becoming financially secure is more important to the government, therefore, poor mothers lack the bonding experience with their children and the child is subjected to many outside influences due to the lack of parental guidance.
Many may argue that the lack of resources to proper child care and schooling opportunities may result in the generational teachings of poverty to the woman's offspring. In conclusion, they argue that welfare lacks the benefit when it comes to the family institutions of the poor.
Being apart of welfare program some women report that the program does not allow them to take on the best interest of the child.
The welfare system doesn't promote marriage, knowing that marriage could be the variable to lift individuals out of poverty, welfare programs discourage men living in homes where public assistance is accepted. Therefore,welfare seems to be encouraging the absence of fathers, which creates other problems in the family structure.
21 million children in America are living without their fathers.
41% are Hispanic children
66% are African American children
These children are at even greater risk to be involved in alcohol and tobacco abuse, drug abuse, high school drop out rate, and be effected by poverty.
Results of Being on TANF
63% reported that after being terminated from the program had run out of money to purchase food
43% were still receiving some kind of assistance to include food stamps
15% were still using child care supports
75% had worked at some point of the first year after leaving the program
30% work all four quarters of the year after leaving the program
25% return back to the TANF (welfare) program
41% of TANF leavers hold income below the poverty threshold after they have been terminated from the program. The issue of poverty is not the matter of providing mother's and children with income to satisify general needs, but an issue of providing the right resources to improve the quality for the individuals.
43% were still receiving some kind of assistance to include food stamps
15% were still using child care supports
75% had worked at some point of the first year after leaving the program
30% work all four quarters of the year after leaving the program
25% return back to the TANF (welfare) program
41% of TANF leavers hold income below the poverty threshold after they have been terminated from the program. The issue of poverty is not the matter of providing mother's and children with income to satisify general needs, but an issue of providing the right resources to improve the quality for the individuals.