Assignment 1: Practicing Policy Review<\/p>\n
For your Social Change Project, due as your Final Assignment in Week 10, you will propose policy alternatives that address the social problem you selected for study in week 2 [Essay writing service – your education, our expertise: Get any assignment done with our professional essay writers before your deadlines – Zero AI, Human experts and Fast delivery.]. Before you search for, select, and review policies that already exist for your social problem\u2014and before you propose alternatives based on your findings\u2014it will help to practice the skills of policy review so you can navigate the scope of a policy, narrow your focus, and identify critical areas that relate to your selected social problem.<\/p>\n
For this Assignment, you will review a policy that has been selected for you and consider how the policy addresses or does not address the social problem that inspired it.<\/p>\n
To Prepare:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Review Chapter 7 of the Jansson text as needed.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Review the assigned Georgia voting policy, Election Integrity Act of 2021, from the Learning Resources this week.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 You will use this policy to familiarize yourself with the structure of policy documents and the process for policy analysis\u2014an important foundation before you begin your own policy search. Next week, you will select a local or state policy related to the social problem you identified.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Review the Policy Selection Process document in the Learning Resources this week. This document outlines the search for and selection of the Election Integrity Act of 2021\u2014you will need to follow a similar process for your own region or state to complete your Assignment next week.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Identify the social problem(s) addressed in the policy.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Select an excerpt from the policy that you would change\u2014this could be a small change, like an addition, or a large change, like a complete revision or removal\u2014to better alleviate the social problem.<\/p>\n
By Day 7<\/p>\n
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Describe the social problem(s) addressed in the policy.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Which areas in the policy indicated the social problem(s) to you?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Why, as a social worker, should you be concerned with the problem(s)?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Are there other problem(s) not directly identified that might be impacted, positively or adversely, by the policy?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Which population(s) is\/are impacted by the problem?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 What is the relationship between the social problem(s) and the population(s)? In other words, why are some people impacted by the problem(s) when others are not?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 How is\/are the population(s) taken into consideration in the policy?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Summarize the excerpt from the policy that you identified as needing change.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 What are the strengths of this excerpt in helping to alleviate the social problem? If you do not see any strengths, that is okay\u2014explain why.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 What are the limitations of this excerpt in helping to alleviate the social problem(s) for the population(s)?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 What specific changes would you make to the excerpt to alleviate the social problem(s) for the population(s)? You can describe the changes or quote direct policy language you would change.<\/p>\n
Jansson, B. S. (2018).\u202fBecoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice (8th ed.). Cengage Learning<\/p>\n
Georgia General Assembly – SB 202 (ga.gov)<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legislation\/59827<\/p>\n
Assignment 2: Search for Policies (Ungraded)<\/p>\n
For your Assignment next week, you will search for, select, and review a policy related to the social problem you previously selected for investigation. Because there are multiple stages to the Assignment\u2014searching for policies, selecting a policy appropriate to the problem, and carefully reviewing a policy (which you practiced this week)\u2014it is recommended that you start your search this week.<\/p>\n
Look ahead to your Week 4 (your nursing study bay) Assignment and review the resources for searching for policies. With your selected social problem in mind, begin your search and start to create a list of websites, sources, and specific policies that you find most helpful in relationship to potential advocacy work regarding your selected social problem.<\/p>\n
Attached is the Policy selection process<\/p>\n
Policy Selection Process<\/p>\n
SOCW 6361:\u202fSocial Policy: Analysis and Advocacy<\/p>\n
The Georgia State Government website was used to find this bill. Follow similar<\/p>\n
instructions for your own state or local government, although the process may vary<\/p>\n
slightly between government websites.<\/p>\n
The following describes the process that was used to locate information regarding the<\/p>\n
Election Integrity Act of 2021:<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Step 1: Go to the state website (in this case, https:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/).<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Step 2: Scroll down to the section Find Legislation and type in key words or the<\/p>\n
bill number.<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Step 3: Type in SB 202 (SB: Senate Bill, HR: House of Representative Bill) to<\/p>\n
acquire information on the Election Integrity Act of 2021.<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Step 4: Click on the current version to view the SB 202 in .pdf form.<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Step 5: Click on the past version to view previous versions of the SB 202.<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Step 6: Read the bill and commentaries to analyze the strengths and<\/p>\n
weaknesses of the bill and to consider an alternative.<\/p>\n
Based on the search, the following provides general information about the bill, including<\/p>\n
legislative committees that worked on the bill:<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 House Committee: Special Committee on Election Integrity<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Senate Committee: Ethics<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Sponsored in House by Fleming, Barry<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Sponsored in the Senate by many senators and introduced by Senator Hopper<\/p>\n
on February 17, 2021<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Passed by the Senate on March 25, 2021<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Governor Kemp of Georgia signed the Election Integrity Act of 2021 into law on<\/p>\n
March 25, 2021.<\/p>\n
Reference<\/p>\n
Georgia General Assembly. (n.d.). SB 202. https:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legislation\/5982<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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