Social Welfare Policy-Identify a social problem or social issue and explain why it is a social welfare policy issue.

HSS 102 Social Welfare Policy.

Discuss the relevance of your social problem or issue with respect to the creation of social welfare policy.

Describe the impact of values and beliefs on the outcome of social welfare policy that results to address this problem.

Identify a social problem or social issue and explain why it is a social welfare policy issue.

What are the causes and impact of this social problem and what is the effect on society?

Describe the client population affected by this problem. How many people in the U.S.? Are they men and/or women? What is the general racial/ethnic background of this population? (Demographics)

What are the “values and beliefs” that affect how this problem is defined as a social problem?

What ideologies, theories, or paradigms of social welfare are relevant to define this problem?