1. [From 10$/Pg] “ Policy Advocacy Challenge
[From 10$/Pg] “ Policy Advocacy Challenge As an astute social worker and professional
policy advocate, you must be adept at identifying social problems that exist in your
community or in an agency or organization with which you are acquainted. Your selection
and investigation of a specific social problem serves as the foundation for your process of
creating and implementing a policy that addresses that social problem. In this Assignment,
you will identify a current social problem based on your personal and professional
interests and consider its historical impact on populations, as well as potential steps for
identifying a policy that proposes contemporary solutions to the problem. Your selection of
a social problem and historical review of impacts will serve as a foundation for your Final
Project Assignment—a Social Change Project—in the course (due in Week 10). Review
Chapter 2 of the Jansson text. Focus on “Policy Advocacy Challenge 2.4” (pp. 39–40) for
websites and examples of different ways to think about the relationship between social
problems and policy. Identify a social problem—for example, food insecurity, domestic
violence, child maltreatment, policing, and so on—that you would like to
investigate throughout the course. This can be a problem that has personal or professional
meaning to you. You will use the social problem as the foundation for your Final Project
Assignment—a Social Change Project— due in Week 10 (although, you will work on it in
multiple Assignments throughout the course). Review the websites listed in the Resources
for Policy and Advocacy Work document in the Learning Resources this week. Search for
and select at least three sources related to the social problem you identified. One source can
be a government or other professional website. At least two of the sources must be
scholarly articles or studies from reputable jour
![[From 10$/Pg] “ Policy Advocacy Challenge
[From 10$/Pg] “ Policy Advocacy Challenge As an astute social worker and professional
policy advocate, you must be adept at identifying social problems that exist in your
community or in an agency or organization with which you are acquainted. Your selection
and investigation of a specific social problem serves as the foundation for your process of
creating and implementing a policy that addresses that social problem. In this Assignment,
you will identify a current social problem based on your personal and professional
interests and consider its historical impact on populations, as well as potential steps for
identifying a policy that proposes contemporary solutions to the problem. Your selection of
a social problem and historical review of impacts will serve as a foundation for your Final
Project Assignment—a Social Change Project—in the course (due in Week 10). Review
Chapter 2 of the Jansson text. Focus on “Policy Advocacy Challenge 2.4” (pp. 39–40) for
websites and examples of different ways to think about the relationship between social
problems and policy. Identify a social problem—for example, food insecurity, domestic
violence, child maltreatment, policing, and so on—that you would like to
investigate throughout the course. This can be a problem that has personal or professional
meaning to you. You will use the social problem as the foundation for your Final Project
Assignment—a Social Change Project— due in Week 10 (although, you will work on it in
multiple Assignments throughout the course). Review the websites listed in the Resources
for Policy and Advocacy Work document in the Learning Resources this week. Search for
and select at least three sources related to the social problem you identified. One source can
be a government or other professional website. At least two of the sources must be
scholarly articles or studies from reputable jour](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/policyadvocacychallenge-230531125139-0579551e/85/Policy-Advocacy-Challenge-docx-1-320.jpg)
