Federal Policy Analysis and Recommendations
Federal Policy Analysis and Recommendations. So far in the project, you have explored a social problem, selected a relevant federal policy, and analyzed the policy’s development and potential impacts. Your work on this course project has not only enabled you to demonstrate your mastery of the course competencies, but has also provided you an initial experience with policy analysis at the federal level. This is valuable professional practice for your work as a social worker.
The Federal Policy Analysis and Recommendations assignment due in this unit is the final compilation of your project for this course. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the extent to which a specific federal policy can meet the needs of a targeted population related to the social justice problem you identified and explored. To do this you will compile all parts of the course project and provide conclusions and recommendations for the policy you analyzed.
Federal Policy Analysis
Describe how a culture’s structure and values influence privilege and power.
Draw conclusions about the effectiveness of the policy. What have been the policy’s strengths and weaknesses? Cite specific examples to support your analysis.
Provide recommendations to improve the policy or to replace it with alternative solutions through an advocacy framework. Should the policy be replaced, modified, or extended upon?
Your recommendations must be based in a social/theoretical framework (such as critical race theory or social economic theory) and should be supported with sufficient scholarly research.
Justify your recommendations for new policies or revisions with a detailed rationale.
Describe how the new or revised policy for the chosen population will be implemented into policy planning and action.
he 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.
Cited resources: Minimum of five scholarly sources. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.