The final assignment serves the following purposes:

1) To provide an opportunity for students to analyze their selected social policy using aspects from the explicitly stated policy analysis framework provided by the instructor;

2) To provide an opportunity for students to develop an advocacy brief related to a position taken on their selected social policy; and

3) To provide an opportunity for students to advocate their position on their selected social policy.

The complete guidelines for the final social policy project can be found by clicking on the link below:

Final Policy Project Guidelines

Policy Brief – Please review the ‘Developing an Effective Policy Brief’ presentation prior to beginning work on the advocacy brief portion of this assignment. Click the links below to view sample policy brief documents as examples of what is expected for your policy brief submission: NASW Policy Brief #1 (Title IV-E) NASW Policy Brief #2 (Veterans).

Sample Student Policy Brief Submissions – Sample Student Brief #1 / Sample Student Brief #2 / Sample Student Brief #3