Program Development Assignment (100 points):
This assignment requires students to demonstrate knowledge and skills in planning, effective preparation of
proposals, and program design.
1. Students should show that they have an understanding of a social problem that would addressed by a
human services agency.
2. Next students should create a hypothetical agency, discuss the agency’s mission, goals, and objectives.
Students should be able to integrate the first two parts of the paper with one another, using the social
problem identified to address items 3 and 4 of this assignment.
3. Third, students need to make a hypothesis about the way interventions will be carried out. (Discuss the
theories that will be used).
4. Finally, students should list and discuss the specific services of the hypothetical agency he/she has
created.
This paper should be 1 page in length, not counting a title page and a sources page.
This paper should be in APA format. Sources, including the text book if used, should be cited on a separate
page.
The Research Paper will be graded on:
Accuracy of written assertionsStrength of organization, argument and cited support for sameWriting style (grammar, spelling, punctuation, word usage, etc.) –
Adherence to instructions –
Students will use reliable, valid sources including class resources, government and non-profit agency
research and reports. Academic journals, sources and verifiable subject matter authorities can also be
used. Reliable valid sources exclude websites for which it is not possible to evaluate the source and quality
of information. Wikipedia and other references of its type are NOT VALID resources and are not to be used.