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The Common Good: Social Welfare and the American Future
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The Common Good: Social Welfare and the American Future




Policy recommendations of the Executive Panel of the Ford Foundation Project on Social Welfare and the American Future.

Ford Foundation Project on Social Welfare and the American Future
1989
109 pages


Contents
Foreword
Chapter One Reexamining Our Social Welfare System
Lessons of Recent History
Visions and Realities
Solving the Funding Squeeze
Social Welfare and the Life Cycle
Chapter Two Infancy and Childhood: a Time to Sow
Investing in Infants
Extending Prenatal Care
Better Nutrition for Young Children
More And Better Preschool Programs
Improving Day Care
Stronger Child Welfare Services
Learning from State Experience
The Cost of Our Proposals
Conclusion
Chapter Three Young Adulthood: Preparing for a World Of Work
Compound Problems, Intertwined Answers
Reducing School Dropout Rates
Collaborations Between Schools and Businesses
Educational Efforts Sponsored by Businesses
Partnerships Between Schools and Businesses
Reducing the Number of Teen Pregnancies
Coordinating Efforts
Conclusion
Chapter Four the Working Years: Increasing Economic Opportunity and Social Protection
Economic Growth: a Necessary but Not Sufficient Condition
Improving the Return on Work
Assuring Health-Care Coverage
Redesigning Unemployment and Welfare Programs
Community Programs
Estimating the Cost
Chapter Five Old Age: a Time to Reap and Sow Again
Protecting the Weakest Today
Protecting the Many Tomorrow
Rescuing Medicare
Creating Protection for Long-Term Care
The Price Tag
Chapter Six How to Pay the Bill
Financing Mechanisms
Chapter Seven Politics, Commitment, and Paying the Bill
A Summary of the Panel's Recommendations
Appendix a Notes and Sources
Chapter One-Reexamining Our Social Welfare System
Chapter Two-Infancy and Childhood: a Time to Sow
Chapter Three-Young Adulthood: Preparing for a World Of Work
Chapter Four-The Working Years: Increasing Economic Opportunity and Social Protection
Chapter Five-Old Age: a Time to Reap and Sow Again
Appendix B Research Funded by the Ford Foundation Project on Social Welfare and the American Future
Appendix C Occasional Papers of the Ford Foundation Project on Social Welfare and the American Future