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The Industrial revolution
Urban density became an issue. Also, affordable housing, food, and other necessities (medical care). Rapid industry growth. -
Charitable Organization Society
This society offered care for the needy -
US Settlement House Movement
Jane Addams led a crusade towards providing for charity, and looking at causes of poverty and initiating change -
Dawn of the twentieth century
Group homes were built for older people with no family. Orphanages housed young kids with no family care. -
Great Depression
Resulted in Americans being displaced, displaced, unemployed, homeless, or widowed without financial support. -
The New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt led this to focus on offering relief to those in need and recovery from current crisis. -
Social Security Act
This act provided for the retired elderly, widowed, dependent children of deceased workers, and the special needs -
Mid 1900s
The idea shifted, the general area from churches to the government.