Question

Describe one way the federal government was involved in human services from the 1930s to the present.

Answer 1

There are many historians who view the New Deal policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the beginning of the social welfare system of the Federal Government. During the Great Depression, there were many men who had no jobs; consequently, their families suffered deprivation and hunger. The New Deal programs were a series of domestic programs such as the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, which provided $500 million for state and city relief operations, and the Civil Works Administration, which provided localities funds to operate "make-work" jobs, jobs created to give men something to do so they could receive pay.Traditionally, the federal government did not interfere with the operations of big business, and churches or charities were expected to help the needy and ill in the United States. Newly elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt was not content to watch as Americans suffered in poverty during the 1930s. Roosevelt was able to pass an aggressive reform system through Congress that he felt would impact the struggling economy.

Medicaid and Medicare ate the two examples which are introduced by and following the federal government after 1930 and that are being used for the welfare of people in the present time .