Social Welfare Policy and Services

Catalog description

This course examines the various forces that shape current social welfare policies in the United States from historical context. It includes critical analysis around contemporary social welfare policy development globally and locally with an emphasis on the dimensions of social problem definition, policy analysis, social allocation, delivery system structure and funding allocation from a social work perspective. The reciprocal role of policy and practice around social work's values, professional ethics, skills, and interventions are addressed and utilized to advocate for the human rights, and social, economic, and environmental justice of vulnerable and oppressed populations.