TO PREPARE:
Choose one of the following social work policy makers as the focus of your paper, and identify a signature social policy effected by that person:
Jane Addams Clara Barton Dorothy Day William Edward B. DuBois Medgar Evers Mary Richmond Dorothea Spellman Harriett Tubman Booker T. Washington
Submit a 4- to 6-page scholarly paper using the following outline:
- Biography of the Social Work Policy Maker
- Provide a brief background of the policy maker, including family and professional history.
- The Social Welfare Policy/Service
- Describe the core tenets of the policy developed by the policy maker upon which you focused.
- Explain the community needs for this policy.
- Describe the population/community served by this policy.
- Explain the process of developing and enacting this policy.
- Impact of the Policy
- Describe how this policy addressed the needs of a population/community.
- Describe how this policy advocated for a population and served social justice.
- Explain how this policy changed the community.
- Practice Implications
- Discuss how this policy impacts social work practice today