Policy Development

Students will develop a policy Brief based on a federal anti-poverty, employment, health, immigration or Social Justice policy program of your choice (ex. TANF, Juvenile incarceration, immigration reform, global warming, drug sentencing,W-T-W, Affordable Care Act, etc): indicate a brief history of policy development (include all significant amendments and reauthorizations), intent of the policy (targeted population, rationale, and expected outcome/intent of the policy and programs), identify program cost feasibility vs social benefits (bonus option: use a 2 X 2 matrix to represent), political position,successes, failures/weaknesses (based on intended impact/outcomes), major problem(s) with policy current approach (indication of why current approach does not work or does work; support with reference evidence), and finally provide conclusion and recommendation for revision and or improvements to policy.

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Across the American society, the need for a new drug policy is unprecedented as there exist two issues that are on the rise. First, the need to address illegal drug use as a public health problem rather than as a criminal charge. In contrast, the promulgation of an alternative to incarceration non-violent, low-level drug offender’s thus ensuring proportionality during the sentencing of drug-related cases (Lincoln, 2015). The current draconian drug laws have been ..

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