Provide examples from your plan to explain your process and factors/reasons you considered in making your decision. For example, who you might include in the decision process and why.

Short term outcome goal and one long term outcome goal

Identify one immediate/short term outcome goal and one long term outcome goal for intervention in the topic area selected for your Community Needs Assessment project. This can be goals that you have used previously in an assignment or new ones. Clearly identify each of your goals.

Be explicit and provide a goal that is measurable.
Discuss how and why you selected these goals. Review Chapters 3 & 4 on community intervention and assessment for this response.

Provide examples from your plan to explain your process and factors/reasons you considered in making your decision. For example, who you might include in the decision process and why.

How does bias, power, and privilege impact engagement with this client?

Film/Episode Synopsis: In only ONE paragraph, provide a brief summary of the video chosen for this paper. Make sure to cite the video in
the text and include the reference in APA format at the end in your citations.
● Character Assessment
○ Describe the identified client’s clinical presentation like a mini bio-psycho-social. Provide information on appearance, medical conditions, economic situation, developmental milestones, intersectionality, strengths, challenges, etc.
○ What family, environmental, social, or other factors are important to understand this client? Think of the person-in-environment
perspective.
● Engagement
○ What is your engagement plan for this client?
○ Given what you’ve mentioned in the assessment section, what specifically will you do to build a relationship with your client?
○ What therapeutic techniques would you use?
○ How does bias, power, and privilege impact engagement with this client?
○ How will you engage with the client’s family and/or support system?
○ How would you address resistance to engagement?

Who is affected? How many are affected? How has the problem been addressed in the past?

Policy Brief Assignment Part 3

This is part 3 of the paper, but have added ALL the instructions for the paper as a whole to give you an understanding of what the paper should look like and what is expected. MY TOPIC IS HOMELESSNESS

Start with an introduction that includes an overview of the social problem
Identify the way the problem is defined
Who is affected? How many are affected?
How has the problem been addressed in the past?
Identify the cause(s) to which the problem is attributed and its consequences
What causes this problem? What are the consequences/impact?
Conclusion: Briefly summarize your thoughts & conclusion to the social problem analysis.

Who will be covered by the policy and how? How will it be implemented? Identify short comings of current approach to issue

Policy Brief Assignment Part 4

what are the gaps in service or benefits or programs?
What is missing in the current approach to this social problem/issue?
How would this legislation work?
What resources or opportunities would this policy provide?
Who will be covered by the policy and how?
How will it be implemented?
Identify short comings of current approach to issue
Then introduce idea of current legislation and what that is.
Your specific policy recommendations, and why to include:
Should it be voted in as is? If so summarize briefly why?
What are you asking your legislature to do?
vote for pending legislation ,
or, change pending legislation to include other suggestions
Be as creative as possible! See these examples ranging from a 4-page to 1-page brief.
Notice some use narratives; others use graphics
Include references at the end as “works cited” but make sure to footnote all works cited
Identify three lawmakers to send your policy brief. Include their names and contact information. Make sure if your policy brief is on a federal bill, that you choose your federal reps. If a state bill, you would choose your state reps.

How widespread? Who is primarily impacted? What are the most recent stats on this issue?

You will pick from the list below which key points you want to include in your brief. Remember, you are trying to convince your policy makers to adopt your stance. What is it you are asking of your legislator- to support the bill, vote against the bill, add something that is missing in the bill, etc? What information do you need to provide to get them to “buy” your “product”? How can you tie this in with previous positions they have taken?

Background of the issue to include:
The nature of the issue
How widespread?
Who is primarily impacted?
What are the most recent stats on this issue?
How can you highlight the problem and making it relevant for the legislator.
Is there a price tag to this issue?
Current status of relevant legislation to include:
Is it pending, in committee – which committee, who introduced it and when?

Create a policy brief on a pending bill or policy reauthorization that articulates your position on the legislation and then distribute that brief to state or federal lawmakers.

This is part 2 of the paper, but I have added ALL the instructions for the paper as a whole to give you an understanding of what the paper should look like and what is expected.
Based on your home address , identify your state and federal Representatives and Senators
Look up their background information to get a sense of their position on different issues, including whether they have indicated support for your pending bill, or similar bills
Include contact information

Create a policy brief on a pending bill or policy reauthorization that articulates your position on the legislation and then distribute that brief to state or federal lawmakers.

Has Facebook put into place enough safeguards to protect its consumers? Do you see any potential risks in regard to this policy? How does this policy relate to the readings you had this week?Explain.

Social Media

Readings & Resources
Lipschultz: Chapters 8, 9
Facebook’s Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

You read Facebook’s Data Policy for this week. Has Facebook put into place enough safeguards to protect its consumers? Do you see any potential risks in regard to this policy? How does this policy relate to the readings you had this week?

Identify and describe the organization along with examples of the work they do.

LGBTQ Community

Using your chosen group LGBTQ

Instructions:

Address the following:
• Three social issues or challenges your chosen group faces.
• Two current advocacy organizations that focus on your chosen group. You should identify and describe the organization along with examples of the work they do.
• Three strategies you would use to work with this population in a human service environment.

These strategies should be clearly identified within your paper and your discussion should provide a rationale for these outlined strategies. You should use examples from your research on current challenges to justify why your particular strategies are important for human service providers.
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Without writing a detailed autobiography, think about how do you know who you are? How do the key messages about class, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation get delivered?

In this assignment, please address your understanding of how your values and beliefs reflect social location, power and privilege, and experiences of social inclusion/exclusion. Without writing a detailed autobiography, think about how do you know who you are? How do the key messages about class, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation get delivered? As part of your paper:

Reflect upon the degree to which issues such as class, gender, race, and ethnicity, or sexual orientation were openly discussed in your home.