What was an outcome of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act quizlet?

Physical Abuse
Non-accidental physical injury as a result of caretaker acts
Physical abuse frequently includes shaking, slapping, punching, beating, kicking, biting and burning

Sexual Abuse
Involvement of dependent, developmentally immature children and adolescents in sexual
activities which they do not fully comprehend and to which they are unable to give informed consent
Sexual abuse includes touching, fondling and penetration
Neglect
Failure of caretakers to provide for a child's fundamental needs. Although neglect can include children's necessary emotional needs, neglect typically concerns adequate food, housing, clothing, medical care and education
Emotional/Psychological Abuse
The habitual verbal harassment of a child by disparagement, criticism, threat and ridicule
Emotional or psychological abuse includes behavior that threatens or intimidates a child
Includes threats, name calling, belittling and shaming

Child maltreatment is behavior toward a child that is outside the norms of conduct and entails substantial risk of causing physical or emotional harm.
Physical Abuse
Non-accidental physical injury as a result of caretaker acts
Physical abuse frequently includes shaking, slapping, punching, beating, kicking, biting and burning
Sexual Abuse
Involvement of dependent, developmentally immature children and adolescents in sexual
activities which they do not fully comprehend and to which they are unable to give informed consent
Sexual abuse includes touching, fondling and penetration
Neglect
Failure of caretakers to provide for a child's fundamental needs. Although neglect can include children's necessary emotional needs, neglect typically concerns adequate food, housing, clothing, medical care and education
Emotional/Psychological Abuse
The habitual verbal harassment of a child by disparagement, criticism, threat and ridicule
Emotional or psychological abuse includes behavior that threatens or intimidates a child
Includes threats, name calling, belittling and shaming

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1. Social Science
2. Sociology
3. Sociology of the Family

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*Poverty is a chronic cause of food insecurity

-Diets are inadequate
-can lead to physical, social, and mental health problems
-incomes inadequate to meet fixed expenses
-stave off by using various coping skills
-rely on emergency food assistance facilities
-self-select in food assistance programs

*Private charity cannot solve the food insecurity problem

Which was a result of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act quizlet?

Which was a result of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act?

What did the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 do?

How did the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act change the American welfare system?