Assignment task:
Social work 630 social work history and social welfare policy
Conduct an Internet search for Fresno California welfare application form. In particular, please find the form that your state uses to determine who is eligible for TANF and/or SNAP. For some of you, these forms will be available through the county. After locating the application, complete it for yourself. As you complete it, please pay attention to the time it takes, questions that are unclear, and feelings that the application provokes in you.
Respond to the following prompts:
1. How clear were the questions and for which grade level do you think the application was written?
2. How is our nation's suspicion and distrust of the poor evident in the type of questions asked in the application?
3. Did you have any reactions to any of the questions or to the length of the application?
4. Please report those reactions as well as the specific question(s) that triggered your reaction(s). What message is communicated to low-income families who complete the application?