Identify a social problem or issue of interest to the social welfare system.

Identify a social problem or issue of interest to the social welfare system.
The paper should be organized into the following sections:

1. History of the social problem (25 points): How has this problem been identified and defi
ned. To what causes was the problem attributed? What were the consequences of the pro
blem? Who benefited from the problem?

2. Intervention (25 points): Select an event (like the Seneca Falls conference, Stonewall or t
he Chinese Exclusion Act) or a policy (like No Child Left Behind or the Social Security
Act) that was designed to have impact on the problem. What was the intervention? What
was it designed to do? Was it successful? Who did it help? Who did it fail to help?

3. Current and future implications (25 points): Identify the current state of affairs on this iss
ue. What has been accomplished? What still needs to be done? Who will do it? What re
mains to be done?

4. Social Work response (25 points): Identify how the social work profession has responded
to this issue. What kind of response was taken?: advocacy, development of services, and
legislation.

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