Public Policy Statements can be understood as some of the best resolutions taken by any government for welfare of its citizens. Below are briefed some Public Policy Statements of the US government.
- Poverty: The purpose of this public policy statement is to develop welfare policies and programs as to help individuals and families to attain goal of economic self-sufficiency and family well being and, in so doing, to reduce poverty. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and related programs should help families achieve economic independence and child and family well being.
- Employment and Training: Every individual who has the ability to work, at whatever level, should have access to training and job-related services that will enable him/her to obtain and retain employment equal to his/her to obtain and retain employment equal to his/her abilities and sufficient to support a decent standard of living.
- Affordable Housing: All Americans have a right to adequate and affordable housing.The federal government should ensure that low-income people, elderly persons on limited incomes and people with disabilities have access to adequate and affordable housing by investing in the production, rehabilitation, and financing of affordable, accessible housing stock.
- Child Care: Affordable, accessible child care is a necessity for children of working parents, especially those who cannot afford care at market rates or for whom quality care is not available. Quality is an essential criterion as children progress developmentally.
- Health Care: Quality health care should be accessible to all people, regardless of economic, language, or cultural barriers. The federal government should establish and sustain policies and programs that enable all people, including people of low or limited income and people of different cultures or who speak languages other than English, to readily access appropriate, affordable, quality health care.
- Mental Health: People with, or at risk of mental disorders or addictive disorders must be afforded access to needed treatment and other services on the same basis, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as care and services for medical and surgical conditions. The federal government must ensure that public and private health plans afford people equitable access to and reimbursement for needed mental health care and addiction services without regard to the severity or cause of their mental health problems.
- Youth Development: Recognizing children and youth for the assets they are and possess and involving them in activities which build and strengthen those assets benefit young people, families, and communities more effectively than problem-focused strategies and provide resources for community-driven positive youth development strategies and programs.
- Education for Children & Youth with Disabilities: All Children, including children and youth with disabilities, should be able to receive a public education that meets their needs. The federal government should provide funding sufficient to cover all children and youth qualified under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
- Care & Services for the Elderly: Every older American should be able to live as independently as he or she is capable and receive high-quality care, regardless of means, when and where s/he needs it. The federal government should support programs and policies that ensure that care for the elderly is accessible, coordinated, and of the highest quality and that responds to the desires of elderly Americans to remain in their homes or communities of choice, living with dignity and at the highest level of their abilities as ling as they possibly can.
- Choice & Effectiveness of Services: This statement say Americans have the right to choose health and human service providers, regardless of their affiliation, and to expect and receive the best, most effective services available. The rights of American to receive effective accountable services and of taxpayers to expect and receive full accountability for publicly funded programs must be of primary consideration in the use of government funds for health and human services.
- National & Community Service: National and community service programs should enhance and supplement the effective delivery of health and human services and build the capacities of communities and organizations as they foster civic involvement. The corporation for National and Community Service and other federal sponsors of community service should incorporate partnership, innovation, and flexibility in their relationship with organizational grantees at all levels; and should bridge programs and grant-makers mechanisms to achieve the best possible outcomes for people and communities served.
