This document contains summaries of three examples of macro social work concepts: 1) Locality development in St. Louis with the opening of a new IKEA store, which will provide jobs and economic activity. 2) Social planning by the city of St. Louis to connect homeless individuals with services through Project Homeless Connect. 3) Social action to achieve same-sex marriage laws through efforts to confront state legislation on a national level.

1. MODELS OF MACRO
PRACTICE
ASHLEY HASENMYER
TONYA COWAN
JENNIFER MARTIN

2. LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT
STORY
• IKEA TO OPEN ST. LOUIS STORE IN SEPTEMBER
TITLE OF THE SOURCE
• FOX2NOW
• HTTP://FOX2NOW.COM/2015/06/30/IKEA-TO-OPEN-ST-LOUIS-STORE-IN-
SEPTEMBER/

3. DESCRIPTION OF LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT
• THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL
CAPITAL. THE IKEA COMPANY HAS THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO OPEN A STORE
FOR THE COMMUNITY OF ST.LOUIS.
• ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF FINANCIAL CAPITAL IS BY PROVIDING THE 300 JOBS IN
THE AREA, GIVING THOSE WORKERS AN INCOME.
• THIS STORE CREATES PHYSICAL CAPITAL BY THE COMPANY BUILDING THE
ACTUAL STORE.

4. SOCIAL PLANNING
TITLE OF SOURCE
• THE CITY OF ST.LOUIS MISSOURI
STORY
• CITY OF ST. LOUIS' PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT INFORMATION OF THE
MOST RECENT EVENT.
• https://www.stlouis-
mo.gov/government/departments/human-
services/homeless-services/project-homeless-
connect.cfm#.Vd8YXCXkzTk.facebook

5. DESCRIPTION OF SOCIAL PLANNING
• AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL PLANNING FROM OUR ARTICLE IS STATED IN THE
FOLLOWING QUOTATION, FROM ST. LOUIS CITY.
• “NATIONAL PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT IS A PART OF NATION WIDE
INITIATIVE TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
TO HOMELESSNESS. PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT LINKS HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS TO SERVICES THAT INCLUDE ENROLLMENT IN MAIN STREAM
SERVICES SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS BENEFITS, LEGAL
SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELING, HEALTH RELATED SERVICE AND ACCESS TO EMAIL AND
LONG DISTANCE CALLS, CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES.”

6. SOCIAL ACTION
STORY
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAWS
TITLE OF THE SOURCE
• NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES
http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/same-sex-
marriage-laws.aspx

7. DESCRIPTION OF SOCIAL ACTION
• THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL ACTION BECAUSE THERE IS STRENGTH IN THE
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE FIGHTING FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGES.
• THE EXAMPLE FROM THE ARTICLE IS THAT THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION
CONFRONTED THE POWER STRUCTURE OF ALL 50 STATE LEGISLATION AND
FORCED THE THEM TO ALLOW SAME SEX MARRIAGES.

8. References
• PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT. (N.D.). RETRIEVED AUGUST 31, 2015, FROM
HTTPS://WWW.STLOUIS-MO.GOV/GOVERNMENT/DEPARTMENTS/HUMAN-
SERVICES/HOMELESS- SERVICES/ PROJECT-HOMELESS-
CONNECT.CFM#.VD8YXCXKZTK.FACEBOOK
•
• HELD, K. (2015, JUNE 30). IKEA TO OPEN ST. LOUIS STORE IN SEPTEMBER. RETRIEVED AUGUST
31, 2015, FROM
HTTP://FOX2NOW.COM/2015/06/30/IKEA-TO-OPEN-ST-LOUIS-STORE-IN-SEPTEMBER/
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAWS. (2015, JUNE 26). RETRIEVED AUGUST 31, 2015, FROM
HTTP://WWW.NCSL.ORG/RESEARCH/HUMAN-SERVICES/SAME-SEX-MARRIAGE-LAWS.ASPX