Students will identify a geographic community (county, city, village, neighborhood) with an identifiable social challenge (gun violence, environmental concern, lack of access to health or mental health care, affordable housing, 12 Grand Challenges of Social Work) and conduct a study of this community. In the process of identifying the assets and needs of the community, you will make recommendations for community development and developing a community organizing strategy to address a particular problem. The paper should be formatted according to APA requirements and 6-8 pages in length. Sources must be cited for each discussion area.
Specific topics to be covered in the written community assignment:
Title page
Introduction paragraph about project (thesis statement about community need)
Descriiption of the community’s geography. Where is it? What does it look like when you visit the community?
Discuss the population of the community, including demographic breakdown. Use of public records is expected (census, crime rate, socioeconomic information, etc.).
Interview at least one stakeholder in the community (someone who works actively in the community, e.g. mayor, board member, social worker, police officer, school principal, etc.) and inquire about strengths and unmet needs in the community. Write a descriiption of the community’s strengths (list and describe a minimum of 3 strength areas, citing sources which provide evidence of these strengths) and its unmet needs (list and describe a minimum of 3 unmet needs in the community, citing sources which provide evidence of these unmet needs). Cite your interview as “personal communication” Citing personal communication.
As you identify areas of need for the community based on Question 3, describe an unmet need for the community that will be the focus of your project. Address specifically the following points:
Where does the information about the unmet need come from?
What sort of needs assessment strategy did you use? What types of information would you have liked to have that you were not able to obtain? What might you do differently, if you were to continue to assess the needs of this community in the future? VIIa, VIIc.
How does your understanding of theories of human behavior in the social environment inform your thinking about how to assess the needs of this community? Identify, define, and apply a theory of human behavior in the social environment to this project. VIIb.
Whom might you consult, if given the opportunity, from other professions to learn more about the needs of this community? VIId.
Brief conclusion (1 paragraph)
Reference page to include all sources cited.
Based off of Order # 365652257, order #365657421, order #365655122 order# #365909258, order #365655122
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