Read this book
Popple, P. R., & Leighninger, L. (2019). The policy-based profession: An introduction to social welfare policy analysis for social workers (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
Chapter 12, “Politics and Social Welfare Policy” (pp. 268-284)
Chapter 2, “Defining Social Welfare Policy” (pp. 20-30)
For this Discussion, select a population of particular interest to you.
Then, select three to five policies (including two to three state-level and two to three federal-level policies) related to that population.
Finally, subscribe to a variety of blog alerts concerning the population and the policies you selected.
Note that you will be discussing about these policies throughout the course.
You will also critically review the published opinions of bloggers outside of this course, who write about the policies you identified.
answer
Post a brief description of the population you selected.
Then, provide a description of three to five policies (including two to three state-level and two to three federal-level policies) related to that population.
Finally, explain the relationship between the policies and the population you selected.
