Posted: January 30th, 2016

why is it important for human service professionals to understand the history of social welfare policy and the actions our country has takenin terms of providing for the needy

why is it important for human service professionals to understand the history of social welfare policy and the actions our country has takenin terms of providing for the needy?
what role do you think the history of prejudical treatment of the unworthy poor plays in the perception of the needy today?
How have the religious economic and social policies of the past influenced the way that society perceives the poor today?
what are some of the common stereotypes of the poor? how do they start and how are they perpetauted? are they true for all? why or why not?