Description
Social Welfare Policy is the process utilized by society to create
structures to manage social problems, and influence directly and
indirectly programs and systems. Social Policy can be complex,
controversial and an opportunity for social workers to demonstrate
professional leadership as a means to inform social advocacy to the
benefit of vulnerable, disenfranchised and oppressed populations. In
the course students will increase their understanding of the
historical perspective of social welfare policy and current
structures. Students will apply critical thinking skills to analyze
the development and current social welfare state of the United
States. Students will analyze social welfare legislation and policy
issues at the federal, state or local level from the perspectives
of: formulation, allocation, provision, economics and service
delivery. Students will examine social problems in diverse setting
and analyze the relationship of problems to existing policies or
law. S