A policy brief is a form of policy analysis that integrates three important objectives for social welfare policy education in social work: analyzing, formulating, and influencing social policy. Rather than separating policy analysis from policy formulation and policy influence or policy advocacy, by writing a “paper” that is a policy analysis paper, a policy brief is really not a paper, per se. A policy brief is written in a different “voice” than a student paper. It is written in a way that is designed to inform and influence key individuals and organizations.
For your policy brief, select one of the following policy areas discussed in your text and in class, such as poverty, discrimination, social insurance, and public assistance programs, criminal justice, housing, healthcare, child welfare, tax/income distribution, and food.
The purpose of your policy analysis is to share information through a presentation to your classmates about a policy that is important for social workers to know about. Each student will present as though they are at a professional conference. Students may present using a PowerPoint presentation or a poster. The presentation should summarize the information covered in their Policy Brief paper.
● The Policy Brief has the following seven sections:
1) Goal Statement
2) Scope of the Problem
3) Past Policy
4) Current Policy
5) Proposed Solutions
6) 3-6 Key Organizations/Individuals /Letter to a “Key Organization or Individual”
7) Involvement of Local Communities
8) Involvement of Faith Community
9) Bibliography
● Overall, the assignment will be 15 pages at least in length (excluding the bibliography). The Policy Brief Final should be double-spaced but with two spaces between sections.
Attached is the textbook you must use that for resource, please. The topic I’m leaning towards is healthcare. Please use scholarly or peer review articles.
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