Social Welfare History

Welfare Policies that came with the immigrants from England

Virginia Colonist passed the 1st legislation recognizing services and need of disabled soldiers and sailors base on special work and contribution to society.

Playmouth Colony enacts a poor law directs that relief cases to be discussed at town meeting

Law of settlement and removal is passed by the English Parliament to prevent movment of indigent groups from parish to parish to search of relief.

This act is psse by the English Parliament as a mean of forcing unemployed people to work for relief,

Communities created residential institutions or indoor relief houses for the poor, asylums for the people with mental problems and orphanages for children with no parents.

first free school for the deaf, The Gallaudet School is founded in Hartford Conneticut

The first institution for the deaf people is establish in Kentucky.