Student's guide to landmark congressional laws on social security and welfare / Steven G. Livingston.
2002
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Author
Title
Student's guide to landmark congressional laws on social security and welfare / Steven G. Livingston.
Published
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Call Number
KF3600 .L58 2002
ISBN
0313313431 (alk. paper)
Description
xiv, 258 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)48810569
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references ([247]-251) and index.
Record Appears in
Portion of Title
On social security and welfare
Table of Contents
Series Foreword / John R. Vile
Timeline of Social Security and Welfare Laws
Introduction
1
1
The Homestead Act of 1862
11
2
The Civil War Pension System
19
3
The Children's Bureau (1912)
27
4
The Infancy and Maternity Protection Act of 1921 (Sheppard-Towner Act)
31
5
The Social Security Act of 1935
37
6
The Social Security Act Amendments of 1939
59
7
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (The G.I. Bill)
71
8
The Social Security Act Amendments of 1950
83
9
Federal Disability Insurance: The Social Security Act Amendments of 1956
93
10
Aid for Families with Dependent Children and the Emergence of Modern Welfare: The Public Welfare Amendments of 1962
103
11
The War on Poverty: The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
113
12
The Food Stamp Act of 1964
127
13
Medicare and Medicaid: The Social Security Amendments of 1965
137
14
Employment Security Amendments of 1970
153
15
COLAs and Supplemental Security Income: The Social Security Amendments of 1972
163
16
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: The WIC Program (1972)
179
17
The Earned Income Tax Credit
187
18
Saving Social Security: The Social Security Amendments of 1983
193
19
The Family Support Act of 1988
209
20
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
223
21
The Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2000
239
Glossary
243
Bibliography
247
Index
253