Analyzing and Recommending Policy Changes
Assignment Overview
This assignment is meant to guide you through a process that may prove useful to you in the future, as you continue in the social work profession. This assignment also builds on what you have done previously, providing you an opportunity to dive deeper into the complexity of creating empowering and inclusive programs and policies.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following competencies and behaviors:
· Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice.
· C3.GP.A: Apply their understanding of social, economic, and environmental justice to advocate for human rights at the individual and system levels.
· Related Assignment Criteria:
· Explain a program or policy that oppresses, alienates, or discriminates.
· Analyze a given policy or program for adequacy, equity, and efficiency.
· Explain strategies for addressing identified discriminatory issues in a given policy or program.
· Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice.
· C5.GP.A: Identify social policy at the local, state, and federal level that impacts well-being, service delivery, and access to social services.
· Related Assignment Criteria:
· Explain a program or policy that oppresses, alienates, or discriminates.
· Present in a persuasive manner targeting policymakers.
· C5.GP.B: Assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services.
· Related Assignment Criteria:
· Analyze a given policy or program for adequacy, equity, and efficiency.
· Explain strategies for addressing identified discriminatory issues in a given policy or program.
· C5.GP.C: Apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice.
· Related Assignment Criteria:
· Explain a program or policy that oppresses, alienates, or discriminates.
· Analyze a given policy or program for adequacy, equity, and efficiency.
· Explain strategies for addressing identified discriminatory issues in a given policy or program.
Assignment Description
For this assignment, you will select discriminatory issues within a program or policy, analyze that program or policy, explain strategies to address the issues, and recommend improvements. Keeping in mind that policy change does not happen in a vacuum, you will also format these recommendations as a presentation for policymakers, clearly presenting the case for your chosen improvements.
Assignment Instructions
For this assignment, complete the following:
· Select and explain a program or policy that you believe oppresses, alienates, or discriminates and explain why you think this is the case. Use your current knowledge and skills in regards to program and policy evaluation as well the approach to evaluation that Chambers and Bonk (2013) employ in your text.
· Analyze the program or policy that you have selected by applying the three evaluation criteria, adequacy, equity, and efficiency, from Chambers and Bonk (2013).
· Recommend improvements or enhancements to the program or policy, converting it to a policy or program meant to create privilege and/or power.
Submission Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
· Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
· APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards.
· Length of paper: 3 pages, substantial talking points.
Discussion(1 page)
Improving Program Services Without Increasing Costs
For this discussion, consider the following:
· A public program requires prior contributions to meet a minimal threshold amount before it distributes benefits. However, the contribution amount is excessively high for many families, especially minorities in your community. Describe how you could attempt to correct this issue without greatly increasing costs.