The government should introduce different policies that promote welfare. For instance, some of the welfare programs that governing body can exercise are:
- Short-term help for Needy Families
- Child Support
- Benefits for Immigrants
- Medicaid
- The Child Nutrition Programs
- The Food Stamp Program
Some studies claim, government is not a direct provider of public welfare in fact, welfare is coordinated with those policies that government designed to solve the social issues of the society. For instance, policies to reduce the inflation, poverty, corruption, unemployment are indirectly related to the welfare. Therefore, we can conclude that the government indirectly plays a major role in the welfare.
On the other hand, some socialists claim that government is only responsible for providing security and infrastructure that promotes the individual's rights to life, independence and happiness. The families should do extraordinary care of their health. In addition, few communists claim that families are obliged to take care of the society. It is the job of the government to ensure that the rights of citizens aren't infringed upon by others. The families should be held accountable for their actions and their actions should promote and encourage the welfare of everyone. The government is put in place to protect the country and its citizens from enemies. The government is not there for the citizens’ welfare. The actions of the families are itself responsible for the welfare.
Moreover, it does not matter that the family belongs to which social class as there are a wide range of options available by which families can welfare themselves and the community as well. It is the responsibility of the families to get proper education, take care of their health and also take into account the needs of their loved ones.
It is possible to say that the families, who rely upon their own resources for the welfare, mostly faced many threats eventually and could not meet the ultimate objective i-e welfare. Therefore, families should also pool the resources of others in order bring welfare. In spite of trying they should realized governments that it should also contribute to the welfare of the citizens. Moreover, NGOs are also independent institutions that encourage pluralism, assortment, and acceptance in society whilst defending and underpinning cultural, racial, religious, linguistic identities. NGOs also main provider of the welfare besides families and ruling parties. Today, especially the youngsters are contributing in the society by rendering their volunteer services. . Volunteer work has great impact on the welfare of the society. Well being and welfare of the society has been always known as common goals of the volunteer work.
Unpaid volunteer work mostly known as a tool that binds a society together where people from miscellaneous backgrounds work mutually in order to achieve common goal i-e welfare. All those non profit agencies that are working in different fields including, prevention, Adult Education, Afterschool Program Alcohol, Animal, Child Care Deaf, , environment, , health preventions are contributing towards the welfare of the community.
The bottom line is families itself are not only a provider of welfare, in fact governing body and other social service institutes such as NGOs are equally responsible for the welfare of the individuals and families
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