Child Well-Being: History, Poverty, and Policies That Make a Difference

This module is an amalgam of videos and graphics taken from the OfCourse! catalog that relate especially well to Child Welfare and Introduction to Social Work courses. It includes the following:

Riding on the Orphan Trains [11:00 – video]

Hull House & The Settlement Home Movement [6:00 – video]

Saving Babies: The Early Years of the Children’s Bureau [7:00 – video]

Poverty Measures & Basic Needs [11:00 – video]

Poverty in Comparative Perspective [14:00 – video]

More Than a Statistic: The Pain of Poverty [5:00 - moving graphic]

The EITC: Anti-Poverty Rock Star [3:30 – video]

How the EITC Works [5:00 – video]

Hunger & Food Insecurity [4:30 – video]

SNAP: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [4:00 – video]

WIC Essentials [4:30 – video]

Strengths & Weaknesses of WIC [3:30 – video]

Impact of Incarceration on Children and Families [graphic]