1: How has social policy changed across time?
Are social policies better today or worse? Explain
2: What would you add to current policies to make them more effective?
3: Develop 1 policy strategy to address one area of need to address those individuals that are marginalized by the CoVid 19 pandemic. (Think in terms of healthcare (race, ethnicity, poor; food insecurity, unemployment (remember benefits are time limited); childcare, school openings, housing insecurity etc..)
Please cite your references and reply to at least one other student or professor’s post.
TD2:
Do you believe the social welfare policies in the United States meet the definition of social justice and are effective? Explain?
As a social worker, what social welfare policy will you advocate for and why?
Please cite your references and reply to at least one other student or professor’s post.
TD1 Video:
Marx, J. (n.d.). Current issues and programs in social welfare from George W. Bush to Donald J. Trump. Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries – Social Welfare History Project. https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/recollections/current-issues-programs-social-welfare-2001-2017/
Gould, E., Wilson, V. (2020, June 1). Black workers face two of the most lethal preexisting conditions for coronavirus—racism and economic inequality. Economic Policy Institute https://www.epi.org/publication/black-workers-covid/
Ballotpedia. (2021). Healthcare policy in the United States. https://ballotpedia.org/Healthcare_policy_in_the_United_States
Muchmore, S. (2019, November 13). Timeline of the affordable care act: still under siege. Healthcare Dive. https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/timeline-of-the-affordable-care-act-still-under-siege/566964/
Gilkesson, P. (2019, December 10). Finalized snap rule rooted in racial discrimination. CLASP Center for Law and Social Policy. https://www.clasp.org/blog/finalized-snap-rule-rooted-racial-discrimination