Welcome to Module 1

Chapter 01: Social Welfare: Its Business, History, and Future

Social welfare is a nation’s system of programs, benefits, and services that helps people meet those social, economic, educational, and health needs that are fundamental to the maintenance of society.
The goal of social welfare is to fulfill the social, financial, health, and recreational needs of everyone in a society. The purposes of social welfare institutions are to prevent, alleviate, or contribute to the solution of recognized social problems in order to directly improve the well-being of individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities. The provision of social services has become one of the most important activities in the United States in terms of the money spent, the problems addressed, and the number of people served.
Social welfare institutions are established by policies and laws, with the programs and services being provided by voluntary (private) and governmental (public) agencies. Therefore, the term social welfare institution refers to all of the social programs and organizations in a country that are designed to prevent, alleviate, or contribute to the solution of recognized social problems.

Module Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

Define social welfare and describe its goal(CLO 2).
Describe the relationship between social welfare and the following disciplines: sociology, psychology, social work, and human services. ( CLO 3).
Understand the history of social welfare. (CLO 5).
Describe the future of social welfare in the United States (CLO 1, 2).

(CLO = Course Learning Outcome)

To Do

Please read/watch all of the module learning materials (readings, presentations, videos, etc.) and complete all assignments/assessments listed below. If you have questions, please contact the course instructor or ask in the Questions About This Course forum.

Readings and Presentations:

Reading: Chapter 01: Social Welfare: Its Business, History, and Future
Presentation: Zastrow13_Chapter 01_FInal.pptx

Videos:

https://youtu.be/aDRsuJ7xtlM?si=hxxdaj4wzvnCt7Ay
https://youtu.be/L8bSmyN1n-Q?si=Nul4A4DPJ0D-1MnZ

Assignments/Assessments:

Complete the following assignments by the date and time indicated on each assignment page.

Discussion Board: Discussion Q#1
Assignment

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