Socialwork

Social Work Timeline

  • Elizabethan Poor Laws

  • Settlement Act

    Required every person to be enrolled as a resident in some parish somewhere.
  • London Founding Hospital

  • Establishment of Alms

  • Industrialization

  • Napoleonic Code

    New and more humane approach to western society's thinking about Criminal Justice for kids
  • Elizabeth Fry

    Angel of the Prisons
  • Thomas Chalmers

  • Opium

    was widely used; available at grocery stores and over the counter
  • New York Children's Aid Society

  • "Drain the City"

  • Jean Henri Dunant

    the birth of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
  • Octavia Hill

    Social housing and home visits
  • Freedman's Bureau

    First Federal poverty program
  • Massachusetts

    First formal position for Probation Work
  • Beginning of foster/adoption programs in U.S.

  • Protective Services

    Became formally known - the case of Mary Ellen Wilson helped to establish it
  • The General Allotment Act

  • Elmira Reformatory

    Located in NY, first correctional system in the U.S. to experiment
  • Boston

    Provided probationary supervision for adult offenders
  • Arnold Toynbee

    University Settlement
  • Jane Addams

    Settlement work in North America
  • First Pension Plan

    in Germany
  • Hull House

    helped immigrants who came to the city in great numbers to work
  • Lady Almoner

    was stationed at the Royal Free Hospital
  • The Curtis Act

  • Joseph Rowntree

    a dynasty of philanthropy and research on social problems
  • Mary Richmond

    Founder of social casework
  • Juvenile courts were established

  • Social Workers try to fix social problems with programs

  • Life Expectancy

    Only at 47 years old
  • 40 states enacted Mother's Pensions

    1900-1930
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Richard Cabot asked Ida Cannon to join the staff
  • Hartley House and Greenwich House

    They provide social, educational, and recreational services
  • Mary Antionette Cannon

    A social worker, who helped develop medical social work
  • Britain Pension Plan

  • Federal Children's Bureau created

  • American Association of Hospital Social Workers

    Later renamed: American Association of Medical Social Workers
  • Sigmund Freud writings accepted

    Founder of psychoanalysis
  • Social Workers try and fix problems by working with individuals

  • First U.S. Pension Plan

  • Sheppard-Towner Infancy and Maternity Act

    Later terminated in 1929
  • Native Americans granted full U.S. citizenship

  • American Association of Psychiartric Social Workers

  • Alice Salomon

    Internationalization of social work education
  • Great Depression

    Economic Depression in the U.S.
    1929-1939
  • Social casework is introduced into the U.S. Bureau of Prison

  • Frances Perkins

    Social work by proxy of social policy
  • Indian Reorganization Act

    Often called, "Indian New Deal"
  • Alcoholics Anonymous

    Emergence of self help groups
  • Social Security Act

    provides social insurance, public assistance and health & welfare services
  • Expansion of SSA

    Now includes widows and children
  • Alcoholics Anonymous

    In 1939, about 100 people belonged to AA, now it is estimated around two million members
  • Kenneth Pray

    Clarified the role of social case work in prisons with his writing
  • National Mental Health Act

    Made the mental health of people a federal priority
  • Eilieen Younghusband

    The importance of high standards for social work education
  • Florence Poole

    Significant in school social work
  • Expansion of SSA

    Now includes disabled, agricultural & domestic workers
  • Founding of the NASW

    Also known as: National Association of Social Workers
  • Nathan E. Cohen

    Became first president of the NASW
  • American Medical Association

    Now proclaims alcoholism as a disease
  • OASi

    Extends unemployment insurance to those with disabilities
  • Setting of Social Work Values

    Also known as: Social Work Code of Ethics
  • Increased employment for school social workers

  • War on Poverty

    Introduced by former president Lyndon Johnson
  • Disabilities Rights Movements began

  • NASW creates ACSW

    Also known as: Academy of Certified Social Workers
  • One third of Americans were poor

  • First White House Conference of Aging

    Under former President Eisenhower
  • The Community Mental Health Centers Contruction Act

    Drastically altered the delivery of mental health services. Initiated by President John F. Kennedy
  • Food Stamp vouchers authorized

  • Economic Opportunity Act

    Authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty
  • Civil Rights Act

    Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin
  • Exapansion of SSA

    Adds Medicare and Medicaid
  • Older Americans Act

    Provides more assistance to the elderly
  • Immigration Act

    Established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the U.S.
  • Formal Legal Processes initiated in juvenile courts

  • Developmental Disabilities Act

    Also known as: Lanterman Act, is an important piece of legislation
  • NASW creates the Educational Legislative Action Network

  • THe Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act

    In 1970, they reclassified substances
  • Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

    is a refundable tax credit for low to moderate income working individuals and couples, particularly with children
  • The Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Law

    It now recognizes alcoholism as an illness in need of treatment
  • "War on Drugs"

    Nixon initiated this, it increased the criminal penalty for drug dealing
  • SSI was added to the SSA

  • Roe v. Wade

    Landmark decision issued by U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to abortions
  • Rehabilitation Act

    Happened after the Vietnam War ended
  • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

    is a Federal income supplement program funded by general tax revenues
  • Juvenile and Delinquency Act

    Discontinues sending children to jail for small crimes
  • Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act

    defined developmental disability to include specific conditions. (i.e. mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, etc.)
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

  • Individuals with Disabilites Education Act (IDEA)

    is a federal law that requires schools to serve the educational needs of eligible students with disabilities
  • Title XX added to SSA

    financial assistance for services
  • Hyde Amendment

    is a legislative provision barring the use of federal funds to pay for abortion EXCEPT - to save the life of the woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape
  • The Indian Child Welfare Act

    a response to a crisis involving American Indian and Alaskan Native children, families, and tribes.
  • National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI)

    dedicated to building better lives by those affected by mental illness
  • Federal Mental Health Systems Act

    Provided grants to community health centers
  • Omnibus Budget Reconcilation Act

    Provides continuing coverage of groups health benefits to employees and their families upon the occurrence of certain qualifying events where such coverage would otherwise be terminated
  • Woek Incentive Program Eliminated

  • Family Support Act

    forces poor parents to go to work
  • Americans with Disabilites Act (ADA)

  • Environmental Alliance of Senior Involvement (EASI)

  • Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

    Expanded, to help create support services
  • Healthy Security Act

    Former President Bill Clinton enacted
  • Oregon

    Passed Death with Dignity Act
  • Family Medical Leave Act

    entitles eligible employees to take unpaid leave for specific family or medical reasons
  • TANF is enacted

    Also known as: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
  • Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act

    Reduces the concentration of poverty in public housing
  • Elimination of Bilingual Education from public schools in California

  • National Family Caregiver Support

  • No Child Left Behind/ Every Student Succeeds Act

    signed by George Bush, former President
  • Pension Protection Act

    to protect retirement accounts and to hold companies that have underfunded existing pension accounts accountable.
  • Contraceptive Pill Ruling

    FDA approves
  • Late-term Abortion

    Supreme Court ruling; 5-4 decision
  • New Standards by NASW

    NASW developed new Standards for School Social Work Services to help guide Social Workers in their difficulties in modern times
  • Mental Health Parity and Addiciton Equity Act

    Generally prevents group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health or substance use disorder.
  • The Recession

    General economic decline
  • Washington

    Established Death with Dignity Act
  • Montana

    Established Death with Dignity Act
  • Baby Boomers

    reached 65 years of age
  • Fair Sentencing Act

    reduced the disparity between offenses for crack and powder cocaine from 100:1 to 18:1
  • Affordable Care Act

    Obama passed when he comes into office
  • United States v. Windsor

    a landmark civil rights case
  • Plan B ruling

    makes Plan B available over the counter
  • Vermont

    Established Death with Dignity Act
  • SNAP

    Program reduces meal cost from 1.70/meal to 1.40/meal
  • HUD

    New proposal to improve care and safety of older adults in homes
  • Obergefell v. Hodge

    Legalization of gay marriage
  • Repeal of Bilingual Education

    The 1998 California ruling is repealed - making it available for bilingual education in schools
  • California and Colorado

    Established Death with Dignity Act
  • Obama bans solidarity confinement for child prisoners in federal prisons

  • Life Expectancy

    Grew up to 78 years of age