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Social Problems in Public Policy and Administration
Imagine that you have the authority and essential resources to identify and mitigate a serious social problem in your community. Consider the various stakeholders connected to this problem, as well as the agents who could collaborate to assist you in achieving your goal. What steps would you take? What would your timeline look like? Create and share an issue brief related to positive social change at a local level.
To Prepare
• Reflect upon a way that you can apply to achieve a professional goal related to positive social change at a local level.
• Review the Issue Brief examples as well as the Issue brief resources found in this week’s Learning Resources to guide you as you create your issue brief for your paper.
• Choose a serious social problem that directly relates to your community.
• Examples of social problem topics include homelessness, drug abuse, criminal behavior, effects of climate change, public health, and food insecurity. I choose child obesity.
• For this posting Analysis, you will create an issue brief and attach it to your main post.
Please respond to the following questions below:
1) A description of a serious social problem in your community. I choose child obesity.
2) Explain Stakeholders involvement (e.g., agencies, services, governmental offices, media, demographic groups, corporations, religious groups)
3) Explain Optimal strategies to resolve the problem.
4) Post timeline for the various stages of implementation.
5) Provide 2 peer-reviewed references (maximum of 5 references directly related to your topic)
6) Provide a different perspective or alternate strategy.
7) Propose other stakeholders that may be impacted by the decisions and why.
8) Provide feasibility of the timeline
9) Explain how your solution will impact positive social change.
LEARNING RESOURCES
Issue Brief Resources
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Resources for writing briefs Links to an external site. https://www.cdc.gov/policy/polaris/training/writing-briefs/index.html
• Public Lab. (n.d.). Write an issue brief Links to an external site. https://publiclab.org/wiki/issue-brief
Issue Brief Examples
• A.A.S.L. (2014). School librarians transform learning Links to an external site. https://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/advocacy/AASL_Infographic_FINAL.pdf
• Hirschinger, M. (n.d.). Public works & homelessness in Colorado: A path forward Links to an external site. https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/elgl/uploads/2021/07/Public-Works-Homelessness-Infographic.png
• Lutz, J, & Welsh, C. (2022, June 1). Solving food insecurity among U.S. veterans and military families Links to an external site. Center for Strategic & International Studies. https://www.csis.org/analysis/solving-food-insecurity-among-us-veterans-and-military-families
• Minnesota Department of Education. (n.d.). Restorative practices Links to an external site. https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/safe/prac/
• OSAH Veterans Factsheet. (2018). Opportunity starts at home: Veterans advocates are housing advocates. Links to an external site. https://www.opportunityhome.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Veterans-Factsheet.pdf
• Rangers Charity Foundation Links to an external site. (n.d.). Cashback: Towards new futures. https://cashbackforcommunities.org/partners/rangers-charity-foundation/
• RetroReport.org. (n.d.). Lesson plan: Race, the media and the myth of the ‘crack baby ’Links to an external site. [Multimedia]. https://www.retroreport.org/education/video/race-the-media-and-the-myth-of-the-crack-baby/
• United States Chamber of Commerce. (2022, June 15). Anti-human trafficking laws Links to an external site.: The report. https://www.uschamber.com/workforce/anti-human-trafficking-laws
• The White House. (2022, March 1). Fact sheet: President Biden to announce strategy to address our national mental health crisis, as part of unity agenda in his first state of the union Links to an external site. WH.gov. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/01/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-announce-strategy-to-address-our-national-mental-health-crisis-as-part-of-unity-agenda-in-his-first-state-of-the-union/
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