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way up to then Governor Steve Beshear signing the bill, Representative Santoro allotted me the opportunity to observe how public policy is developed. Additionally, I gained valuable skills in communicating to the public how the government is working to improve their lives and empower society. My main responsibility while interning for Rep. Santoro was to expound his policy stances and why he took that stance to his constituents who had written or emailed him. I believe these communication skills…

of its technical policy making power to nonpolitical agencies to achieve long term success. Both men are arguing two valid but different points, enacting Blinders proposal into the foundational government articulated by Locke would create an effective long term government. Maintaining a representative government is essential to ensure the values, morals, and wishes of the American people. However, allocating technical policy making power such creating a tax code, health care policy, and trade…

otherwise would not have received. This is referred to as service learning and is a new type of education method teachers are using to help their students. Service learning is different from just a standard internship. You don’t just go out and participate in whatever you would be…

asking important questions and developing methods to solve issues. My chosen PhD major, Public Affairs, provided me with an opportunity to fulfil this passion and gain knowledge and expertise in topics related to public administration, management and policy. I also have a passion for finding the best practical and programmatic ways to address day to day needs and make the public sector work more efficiently and effectively. My overall GPA during my PhD is 3.9 on a 4.0 scale. My GPA in my major…

In the textbook, “Family Policy Matters: How Policymaking Affects Families and What Professionals Can Do, 3rd edition” written by Karen Bogenschneider (2014), she discusses family policy. Currently, there is an absence of a clear and consistent definition of family policy. On a large scale, family policy can include everything that the government does to and for the family. In 1987, Moen and Schorr defined family policy as, “a widely agreed-on set of objectives for families, toward the…

understand social policy it is imperative that we understand why there is a need to comprehend such policy. Social policy affects individuals, communities and society in direct and in-direct ways on micro and macro levels. As a future social work professional understanding social policy and how it is created assists in achieving an important value of the profession- social justice. By understanding social policy, social work professionals can help break down the barriers that policy can put up,…

What is social policy? According to text in Burger (2014) the Random House Dictionary (1978), stated “is a guiding principle or course of action adopted toward an objective or objectives.” The word social, according to the same dictionary, refers to “the life, welfare, and relations of human beings in a community.” Gil (1981) summed it up very well when he wrote that “social policies are a special type of policies, namely, policies which deliberately pertain to the quality of life and to…

legislation on rural Kentuckians. Subsequently, this assignment revealed the effects of the legislation process on rural Kentuckians. Throughout the practicum, students are repeatedly reminded about the significance of policy and how it relates to social services and the population it serves. Policy Practice aids practicum students/social workers with practice…

groups, private organizations, and any related groups with concerned policy put their opinions and suggestions to make a policy worth presenting in Congress. Policy formulation follows agenda because priorities and principles set in agenda must reflect in policy formulation stage. Moreover, participation in agenda setting is further advanced in policy formulation stage because it involves critical steps towards development of policy. After this stage, there is implementation stage, which lies in…

The policy process model posits a logical sequence of activities affecting the development of public policies. The public process model takes in a lot of important aspects of policy making that goes hand in hand with political reality. Those aspects are stages or components because it helps with decisions in the different ways of life of a group of people and formal settings. Policy cycle is used to described policy process model because the process is in a continuous cycle, whether than a…