Overview
Policy Analysis And Advocacy Skill Building: Bringing It Altogether- Evaluative Criteria & Evidence Gathering
Objectives:
Evaluate sources that inform policy change regarding a social issue. [EPAS 5]
Describe the underlining aspects that reveal the essence of a social issue. [EPAS 3]
Questions 1
What are criteria of merit that could be used to evaluate social welfare policies and programs?
This discussion question is informed by the following EPAS Standard:
5: Engage in Policy Practice
Questions 2
Describe the difference between formative and summative evaluation and discuss why both are important when developing and implementing social welfare policies and programs.
Questions3
Literature Review for Policy Brief (Obj. 7.1 and 7.2)
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Description
IIn Topic 8, you will be completing a policy brief related to one of the content areas covered throughout this course. You will use this literature review to complete your policy brief for Topic 8. Select a social issue/problem with a clearly delineated topic in one of the 10 social welfare content areas and identify a topic suitable for proposing a policy change. You will use this same social welfare problem in the Topic 7 and 8 assignments.
This is a two-part assignment.
Using the GCU library, conduct a literature review in which you identify, review, and list five current (published within the last 5 years) peer-reviewed scholarly sources of relevance to your topic in APA reference format.
Prepare a “statement of the issue” (300-500 words), supported with information drawn from your selected scholarly sources.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
This assignment is informed by the following EPAS Standard:
5: Engage in Policy Practice
Social Welfare Policy and Advocacy: Advancing Social Justice Through Eight Policy Sectors
Read Chapters 4 and 5 from Social Welfare Policy and Advocacy: Advancing Social Justice Through Eight Policy Sectors.