Our Class 's Multi Week Policy Summit

There are many take-aways I have learned from attending this course. The first take away that stood out to me from this course would be responded to my fellow classmates during group discussions. Not only did this serve as an opinion-based discussion, but I gained vast knowledge on different topics pertaining to policy advocacy. The second take away that stood out to me would have to the online skills advocacy assignment. This assignment helped me to explore several ideas and perform research on how to advocate for a population that was in need. This information would be considered as an aid to guide me during the near future to improve my skills as a social worker. The last take away that I have learned from this course would be being apart

The evaluation stage will help to discover any problems that have developed through the implementation process and changes in the policy by helping to solve any of the problems if necessary. Below is a picture that will show you and indicate the six processes of evaluation that will help identify the probability of the policy that

Who was the policy maker and what level of authority does he/she have in setting policy or regulations that impacts health, healthcare or providers?

Patient access to affordable health care is an ongoing issue in the United States. The first portion of the policy process involves three different stages, the formulation stage, legislative stage, and the implementation stage. Three main stages exist in the process to transform a topic into a policy (Morone, J. A., Litman, T. J., & Robins, L.S., 2008). Coupled with the implementation stage is an evaluation of all the stages to determine effectiveness and gather information for use in future public health care policy making. In the formulation stage, the ideas, concepts, and information steam from this process of policy making. The

During the month of November, me, Luis, and 3 of my other suitemates entered the KEEN Case and Commerce Engineering Challenge at Gonzaga University. In this 12 hour challenge, we were asked to present our solutions to various challenges involving ethics, energy, pollution, and cost. This experience taught us the importance of teamwork and communication when proposing solutions in engineering and to consider the effects the proposal will have on all people in the surrounding community, including the underrepresented populations in the engineering workforce. In our particular case, we had to perform research on the death and suffering that the Native American population endured as a result of the implementation of dams along the Spokane River due to the miscommunication between tribal leaders and government officials. This practice also applies to the Latino community as well since us engineers hold the responsibility of looking out for the well-being of all surrounding communities based off of our proposed solutions and to consider the potential advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, this was a crucial learning point for me that has opened my eyes to the potential negative consequences that can result due to

In recent years our newspapers, televisions, and radios have been inundated with news stories about sexual offenders and sexual predators. Stories such as the kidnapping and murder of Polly Klass, Carlie Brucia, Amber Hagerman, and Jessica Lunsford have shocked the nation. Sex offenders and predators commit despicable acts; however, their acts seem more despicable when they are committed upon the most venerable members of our society, our children. Even with the new Jessica Lunsford legislation in Florida some citizens feel that it is not enough to keep their communities safe. Many cities are now looking at limiting the areas in which sex offenders and predators can live in hopes of protecting children. Many

Show the community that we are involved in it in a very meaningful way. This was the strategy that Adam chose because it shows that he truly cares about the community and not just doing these nice activities to appear appealing to the community. The important thing about this is that it obviously needs to have a positive outcome. The first thing that we desired this approach to do was to gain the support of the community leaders. These community leaders include natural leaders within the community, Union Leaders, and politically active citizens. One example of these community leaders was Lisa Boggs. She is a Civic Association Leader and is on the Ward Committee. This was important because it helped us gain the support of republicans who have not voted democrat in a very long time. While being meaningfully involved in the community and gaining the trust of the community leaders Adam did not ask for an endorsement until the very end. He did this on purpose because he believed that you have to show you are willing to help them before they will be ready to help you. In addition to showing his meaningful involvement in the community when we went canvassing Adam insisted that we leave a personal note on the literature that we left to show that we truly cared about talking with them. In addition to showing how much we truly cared about the community and gaining the trust of the community leaders, we also relied on Mike Stinziano and Dan Stewart to help gain the trust of the voters in our district. Democrats in the district know both of these men and trust them both. They helped our campaign immensely and this is obvious through Dan Stewart helped Adam get the support of the Somalian Voters. We won ninety percent of the Somalian vote. When it came time to start canvassing Adam decided he wanted us to start in The Westgate Neighborhood, specifically Ward 32 and work our way outwards. He believed this because this

For this activity, I attended a Health Care City Council Meeting hosted by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, on September 5, 2014, located on 350 S. Bixel St., Los Angeles, CA 90017. The duty of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce defends economic opulence and quality of life for the Los Angeles region by being the voice for business, encouraging teamwork and aiding members grow (Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, 2007). Their goal is to help improve the business climate and quality of life in a community, usually by advocating, networking with others, and by developing business programs. The L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation was first established in 1970 to carry out the charitable and education objectives of the L.A. Area Chamber. They have been the leaders of business for over 125 years. They put their efforts by building connections that will later help improve education and overall quality of life and welfare for the citizens of Southern California (Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, 2007).

Congress has responded to the public outcry for action in the face of unacceptable suicide rates and has passed multiple pieces of legislation aimed at correcting the problem. The 2007 Joshua Omvig Bill directed the VA to develop “data systems to increase understanding of suicide among Veterans and inform both the VA and other suicide prevention programs” (Veterans Affairs, 2012, p. 7). In 2015, President Obama signed the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act into Law, requiring the VA to “make it easier for veterans to find mental health resources, do more to recruit and retain professionals” and to increase “accountability for the government programs serving them” (Baker, 2015, para. 2). This recent legislation tends to be

DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser is calling upon us as a policy analysis team to evaluate the Homeward DC plan. This plan is a living document that is to be continually updated with informed and comprehensive analytical feedback to bridge the gaps within the strategic plan. Through the provision of our annual policy analysis Muriel Bowser is confident that resolving homelessness in the nation’s capital within the next four years is an achievable end.

Outreach such as asking people to sign the petition to be seen by our targeted voters, door-to-door, etc.

The main policy goal’s PEAK would like to see receive recognition are education related policy. This is because education and advancement in this area, would directly affect PEAK’s target audience. The demographic they are serving would be high schoolers and preparing them to further their education. By pushing for better educational standards and policy it will create more success in different areas. The goal would not be to introduce new legislation, but simply take a stand on what would be best for the students as they further their educational career. Because of the nature of the policy topic, these issues will be dealt with at the state level. Some involvement may come at the local level with school boards, this will depend on which issues

One example in particular started early on in the process when two or three precinct 3-E pastors vocally opposed Issues 23 and 24. “They felt like the community was only doing things for the Akron Zoo, as in, they felt like the community was always putting together efforts that would only benefit us,” Criss said. This feedback from the pastors came after two town hall meetings organized by councilwoman Sommervile. “I think that’s when we decided that we needed to sit down with these religious leaders to facilitate a conversation about what passing the issues meant,” Barnhardt said. Because the Akron Zoo felt that the pastors in the targeted area were opinion leaders, a one-on-one conversation was chosen to facilitate an open dialogue about the issues. Both Criss and Barnhardt felt that the open conversation with the pastors allowed for clearing up confusion and misconceptions about what Issues 23 and 24 would mean for the zoo if passed. Criss commented

It’s April of 1865. The Civil War just ended, the country is divided, and the President of the United States is no longer alive. America is in a hell-hole. Because of this tragedy, the parties separate and begin making plans for reconstruction. All plans differ in several different aspects; but in order to unionize the country again, compromises must be made. When working with several people towards a common goal, there are always going to be differing viewpoints. Everyone has their own opinion, making it impossible for everyone to agree and get their way. When I lived in Siloam Springs, I was involved in HOSA, which stands for Health Occupations Students of America. Through this organization, we worked a blood drive and a Heart Walk which was associated with the American Heart Association, or the AHA. Both service activities took hours of planning and organization, which included a lot of compromises to reach our goal. Each and every person involved had a different idea of how things should flow; how things should work. It was difficult working with everyone because there were simply so many good ideas, but it was impossible to incorporate each one of them. We had to make compromises. In order for our blood drive and Heart Walk to be successful, we had to listen to each others opinions open-minded, make compromises that were efficient and needed, and work together to put the plan into action.

I agree with your position that it is important for practitioners and service users to pay attention to policy making in human services. True to your word, Issues discussed can affect them as you cited from (McKenzie & Wharf 2010) that “personal matters such as provision of health and social services, income support, housing, and planning for the development of cities and neighbourhoods”. If given the opportunity, practitioners and service users can make useful contribution concerning areas of the policy that need improvement as well as suggesting how the think the implementation can be made, since they are directly affected by the