Kanopy Videos
On-demand streaming video for over 16,000 films including content from the BBC, PBS, and Critereon Collection. Public performance rights for educational use are included.
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Poverty is a large and persistent problem in the United States, deeply affecting about one in seven Americans, including many of the country's most vulnerable groups: children, female "head of household" families, and minorities. Just what government's role should be in alleviating this problem is an intensely debated, partisan issue. Social welfare programs are designed to reward and foster self reliance or, when this is not possible, to provide benefits only to those individuals who are truly in need. Public support tends to be higher for social insurance programs, such as social security than for public assistance programs such as TANF. Both education and training are needed to move the working poor beyond mere survival.
This is the story of four women struggling against great odds to raise themselves and their families out of poverty in New York City. It is also an in-depth look at the human impact of the 1996 Personal Responsibility Act and its five-year limit on public assistance.
Has welfare reform been successful? Are former public assistance recipients better off once they no longer receive public assistance? Shot over a two-year period, "TAKE IT FROM ME" lets the film's participants speak for themselves. Premiered on PBS' POV series in 2001.
Despite attempts to provide an equitable baseline of healthcare for Americans, an estimated 44 million people in the United States do not have health insurance, public or private. This episode looks at various governmental attempts to insure a "healthy" America, from the work of various research agencies and regulatory units to specific governmental programs, like Medicare and Medicaid.