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( social service programs expanded significantly. By 1990, unemployment assistance and AFDC were still important components of social service spending. Added to the list of programs, however, were housing assistance, food stamps, supplemental security income, nutrition programs, job training programs, energy assistance, and a variety of block grant programs. As a result, using inflation-adjusted dollars, federal social service spending was nearly four times greater in 1990 than in 1960. Total federal spending in 1990 was just under S100 billion. Allen County has participated in nearly all of the federally-initiated social service programs. In 1990, spending on these programs amounted to just under S70 million. Reflecting national spending, the largest local social service programs were AFDC, food stamps, the earned income tax credit, and housing assistance. Targets of Social Service Spending In Allen County, as in most communities, social service spending is directed towards recipients based on various ctiteria. These criteria generally fall into four (sometimes overlapping) categories: Entitlements based on income, income-based non-entitlements, programs directed at targeted populations, and programs directed at neighborhoods. The largest criteria by far is entitlement spending based primarily on income. Under this spending pattern, clients with income below a certain level are entitled to assistance. Other criteria - such as the presence of dependent children in the home - may also be required. The major entitlement programs include AFDC, food stamps, the earned income tax credit, and the WIC program. Other social service programs are distributed based on need, but are not entitlements and, therefore, there may be some clients who are otherwise qualified for benefits but do not receive them due to funding constraints. Housing programs usually fall into this category. Clients may qualify for Section 8 or public housing units, but because of limited supply these recipients must wait until a current client leaves the program. A third method of distributing services relates to a specific characteristic of the client. Programs may be targeted towards the mentally retarded, for example, or the physically disabled. Examples of these include Association for Retarded Citizens, Anthony Wayne Rehabilitation Center, and Turnstone. F or the purposes of this study, the most important method of distributing services is based primarily on the location of the client. Sometimes, the assistance is specifically targeted towards a particular neighborhood: The Catholic Social Services program in the Bloomingdale neighborhood, for example, or West Central Neighborhood Ministries. Neighborhoods might also be targeted to create a more efficient delivery system. The Headstart program, for example, is probably able to serve clients more thoroughly if they live close to a Headstart location. The same probably applies to food bank sites. In the remainder of the report, it is important to keep in mind that every neighborhood examined is served by some of these programs, particularly those programs that are entitlements, incomebased non-entitlements, or those targeted towards a specific population. The purpose of this study, in part, is to try to determine the effects of all social programs on neighborhood social and economic conditions, with particular attention paid to those neighborhoods with targeted social service programs. PAG£ 7 TAXPAY£IlS RESEARCH ASSOCIAnON - N£lGH80RHOOD S£RVlCES RUORT
Object Description
Title | Neighborhood services report |
Contributor | Taxpayers Research Association (Fort Wayne, Ind.) |
Topic | Human Services |
Subject |
Human services--Indiana--Fort Wayne Social settlements--Indiana--Allen County Social surveys--Indiana--Fort Wayne |
Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Date of Original | January 6, 1994 |
Time Period | 1900-1999 |
Source | Print version: Neighborhood services report. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: Taxpayers Research Association, 1994), 58 p. |
Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from 400 dpi, 1-bit, uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software, black and white configuration. |
Content Type | Text |
Digital Format | text/pdf |
Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
Identifier | 30000122013489 |
File Name | 30000122013489.pdf |
Description
Title | Page 9 |
Transcript | ( social service programs expanded significantly. By 1990, unemployment assistance and AFDC were still important components of social service spending. Added to the list of programs, however, were housing assistance, food stamps, supplemental security income, nutrition programs, job training programs, energy assistance, and a variety of block grant programs. As a result, using inflation-adjusted dollars, federal social service spending was nearly four times greater in 1990 than in 1960. Total federal spending in 1990 was just under S100 billion. Allen County has participated in nearly all of the federally-initiated social service programs. In 1990, spending on these programs amounted to just under S70 million. Reflecting national spending, the largest local social service programs were AFDC, food stamps, the earned income tax credit, and housing assistance. Targets of Social Service Spending In Allen County, as in most communities, social service spending is directed towards recipients based on various ctiteria. These criteria generally fall into four (sometimes overlapping) categories: Entitlements based on income, income-based non-entitlements, programs directed at targeted populations, and programs directed at neighborhoods. The largest criteria by far is entitlement spending based primarily on income. Under this spending pattern, clients with income below a certain level are entitled to assistance. Other criteria - such as the presence of dependent children in the home - may also be required. The major entitlement programs include AFDC, food stamps, the earned income tax credit, and the WIC program. Other social service programs are distributed based on need, but are not entitlements and, therefore, there may be some clients who are otherwise qualified for benefits but do not receive them due to funding constraints. Housing programs usually fall into this category. Clients may qualify for Section 8 or public housing units, but because of limited supply these recipients must wait until a current client leaves the program. A third method of distributing services relates to a specific characteristic of the client. Programs may be targeted towards the mentally retarded, for example, or the physically disabled. Examples of these include Association for Retarded Citizens, Anthony Wayne Rehabilitation Center, and Turnstone. F or the purposes of this study, the most important method of distributing services is based primarily on the location of the client. Sometimes, the assistance is specifically targeted towards a particular neighborhood: The Catholic Social Services program in the Bloomingdale neighborhood, for example, or West Central Neighborhood Ministries. Neighborhoods might also be targeted to create a more efficient delivery system. The Headstart program, for example, is probably able to serve clients more thoroughly if they live close to a Headstart location. The same probably applies to food bank sites. In the remainder of the report, it is important to keep in mind that every neighborhood examined is served by some of these programs, particularly those programs that are entitlements, incomebased non-entitlements, or those targeted towards a specific population. The purpose of this study, in part, is to try to determine the effects of all social programs on neighborhood social and economic conditions, with particular attention paid to those neighborhoods with targeted social service programs. PAG£ 7 TAXPAY£IlS RESEARCH ASSOCIAnON - N£lGH80RHOOD S£RVlCES RUORT |