The course associated with this grant is SW 338: Social Policy and Social 正义 and is a required course in 的 Social Work Department curriculum. In SW 338,学生 study 的 history, politics, and structure of 的 U.S. social welfare system and investigate
的 benefits and effectiveness of selec泰德社会政策. A key objective is for students to 学会 interrogate 的 value, political, and societal issues that underpin policies and programs,
给 special attention to contexts of diversity and examin荷兰国际集团(ing) how 的se dimensions (e.g.,
能力, 的年龄, class, race, ethnicity, family structure, marital status, gender, gender identity,
宗教, sexuality) influence historical and contemporary social welfare 政策 and practice.
作为 this work,学生 examine federal, state, and local levels with a focus on evaluat荷兰国际集团(ing) policies 通过研究 and 的 application of principles of social justice.
Students work directly with 的 National Association of Social Workers, New York State
(NASW-NYS) complete a semester-long 政策-宣传 project with 的 purpose of 获得荷兰国际集团(ing) 手-on experience address荷兰国际集团(ing) a social justice issue that falls within one of 的 challenges
中确定 授予. 为此目的,学生 确定一个 国家、 state, or local social 政策 的y would like to 看到implemented and/or reformed and develop a proposal 改变. 学生 然后现在 的ir work to stakeholders, revise 的ir proposals based on stakeholder feedback,
并提交 的 amended 政策 proposal and a formal letter to an official (e.g.，当选代表entative, public department or agency head, cabinet member) at 的 end of 的 semester. 作为学生 are develop荷兰国际集团(ing) 的ir proposals, 的 NASW-NYS 协助他们 识别荷兰国际集团(ing) potential officials, prepar荷兰国际集团(ing) 的ir presentation to stakeholders, and 可以荷兰国际集团(ing) 的ir proposals to ensure that 的y are effectively rooted in community-基于需求.
