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Foster Children Paying For Foster Care, Daniel L. Hatcher
Foster Children Paying For Foster Care, Daniel L. Hatcher
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This Article examines the legality and policy concerns of state foster care agencies using children's Social Security benefits as a state funding stream. The practice requires foster children who are disabled or have deceased or disabled parents to pay for their own care. Often with the assistance of private consultants under contingency fee contracts, agencies look for children who are eligible for Social Security benefits and interject themselves as the children's representative payees. Rather than using the benefits to serve the children's unmet needs, the agencies use their fiduciary power to access the children's benefits and apply the funds to …
Full Funding: The Future Of Social Security, Benjamin A. Templin
Full Funding: The Future Of Social Security, Benjamin A. Templin
Benjamin A. Templin
Investing the Social Security Trust Fund in a well diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, and other investments remains the best hope of continuing to fund social insurance without substantially raising taxes or reducing benefits. The problem with investing the Trust Fund in the market is the politically charged issue of government interference in the investment decision and corporate governance. Three primary solutions have emerged to the problems posed by government investment: (1) personal accounts, (2) index investing, and (3) the incorporation of the Trust Fund into a government-owned private corporation as an investment vehicle for the trust fund. This article …
Social Welfare Reform: An Analysis Of Germany's Agenda 2010 Labor Market Reforms And The United States' Personal Responsibility And Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Prwora) Of 1996, Jennifer Allison
Jennifer Allison
This 2006 student comment presents a historical view of the social welfare systems in the United States and Germany. It then explains and analyzes recent large-scale reforms made to each country's social welfare system - the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 in the United States, which profoundly impacted the availability of welfare benefits to poor Americans, and Germany's Agenda 2010 campaign, which, in accordance with the recommendations of the Hartz Commission, reformed Germany's legislative system of providing benefits to the long-term unemployed.
The Habitual Residence Condition In Irish Social Welfare Law, Mel Cousins
The Habitual Residence Condition In Irish Social Welfare Law, Mel Cousins
Mel Cousins
This article examines the recently introduced habitual residence clause in Irish social welfare law. Part 1 sets out the background to the significant change. Part 2 outlines the legislation. Part 3 discusses the meaning of the term "habitual residence" while Part 4 looks at possible issues under EU law, in particular Council Regulations 1408/71 and 1612/68.1 Part 5 considers the possible impact of other international legal instruments.