Human Services

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For this project, imagine you employed by your local United Way Office. You are asked to conduct a needs assessment to determine if your city’s after-school programs are currently meeting the needs of the families in your area. Using the steps of a needs assessment planning as a guide, describe how you would approach this needs assessment.

 

The project should explore the purpose of conducting a needs assessment including a description of the current situation/state of the city in the scenario (you can use information from your own city/town or or search for data regarding an city/town near your location), the desired situation/result of the city in the scenario (create a fictitious desired situation), and a clear statement of the need. After the need(s) is/are identified, the type(s) of need (as defined in the text) should be identified and defined. There should be a discussion of the information/data that would be gathered about the city/community when conducting a needs assessment. The community stakeholders should be identified as well.

 

After the above information has been presented, four different approaches should be applied to the scenario. The student will design a needs assessment using:

1. Exclusively secondary data

2. An Impressionist Approach

3. Community Survey

4. A combination of secondary data, impressionist approach, and community survey.

For each of the approaches, the data collection procedure should be discussed, estimates of the time and money required should be developed and discussed, and a thoroughly discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the approach should be included.

 

The project should be 3  pages in length, supported by three scholarly sources cited and referenced in APA format.

Summarize the primary ways that organizational, human, and budget resources impact the issue.

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In this last assignment, you will present on the issue of immigration issues in America and provide your recommendations to improve or resolve the issue.

Create a ten to twelve (10-12) slide presentation in which you:

  1. Create a title slide and references section (as indicated in the format requirements below).
  2. Narrate each slide, using a microphone, indicating what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience. Note: If you do not have access to a microphone, then you should provide detailed speaker notes with your presentation.
  3. Summarize the issue you selected in Assignment 1.
  4. Summarize the primary ways that organizational, human, and budget resources impact the issue.
  5. Summarize the primary ways that policy and politics impacts the issue.
  6. Summarize the ethical concerns surrounding the issue.
  7. Summarize the relationship of constitutional law to the issue.
  8. Provide two (2) recommendations to resolve or improve the issue.
  9. Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites. Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other websites ending in anything other than “.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
  • Include a reference slide containing the sources that were consulted while completing research on the selected topic, listed in APA format. The reference slide is not included in the required slide length.
  • Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, two to three (2-3) colors, two to three (2-3) fonts, and two to three (2-3) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each.
  • Slide titles should be based on the criteria being summarized.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Reconstruct the historical development of the field of public administration.
  • Rearrange public administration, both the traditional and the new approaches, from structural, functional, and process perspectives, as well as the key goals of the public and private sector.
  • Evaluate the role and functions of public administration as it relates to executive branches of government and public policies at federal, state, and local levels.
  • Organize the concepts of public budgeting and policy formation essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
  • Organize the concepts of planning and human resource management essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
  • Compose the concepts of public leadership and management essential to the study of public administration.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in public administration.
  • Write clearly and concisely about public administration using proper writing mechanics.

Describe the structure and function of the electoral college.

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Write an essay of 750-1,000 words in which you:

1. Describe the structure and function of the electoral college.

  • How and when was it created in the U.S.?
  • Why was it created, and by whom?

2. Compare the electoral college to a popular vote approach for elections.

  • How does the electoral college system operate/function?
  • What are consequences of using an electoral college system versus a popular vote? Use the 2000 presidential election as an example.

3. Assess the value of an individual citizen’s vote under the electoral college system.

  • Why does the U.S. still use the electoral college for presidential elections today?

Utilize the required readings, academic websites, and the GCU Library as resources for this assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Why was T. Hall singled out for scrutiny?

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Lesson 1 Discussion

read the paper found here regarding the Trial of T. Hall.  From the paper, begin your reading on page 14 with the first full paragraph and end the reading after the completion of the first paragraph on page 17.  Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:

· Why was T. Hall singled out for scrutiny?

· How did T. Hall’s neighbors respond to the gossip that this person’s sex was unclear?

· What authority did women claim in assessing the situation?

· What authority did men claim?

· What does the struggle to mark T. Hall’s gender identity suggest about the structure of community life and the roles of men and women in colonial America?

You are required to submit an initial posting that addresses the items above. Minimum word counts for this assignment are as follows:  Initial Post = 200 words;  These are minimum word counts–you can write more.  Be aware that only your answers count to the word counts (retyping questions into your post does not count toward the word count).

Be sure that you fully address the questions, providing detailed analysis and historical context.  Do not cut-and-paste from sources, but instead use your own words to answer in both the initial post.

Discussion 2

Read Chapters 3-4 and the information provided regarding the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Year’s War. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:

· What concessions are forced upon France by England, the victor, and what does England give in return?

· How significant a role do New World possessions seem to play in the treaty?

· What does this document suggest about the European balance of power and the economic philosophy of mercantilism?

You are required to submit an initial posting that addresses the items above. Minimum word counts for this assignment are as follows:  Initial Post = 200 words; Be aware that only your answers count to the word counts (retyping questions into your post does not count toward the word count).

Be sure that you fully address the questions, providing detailed analysis and historical context.  Do not cut-and-paste from sources, but instead use your own words to answer in both the initial post.

Discussion 3

· Compare the backgrounds of Jefferson and Paine; did Paine have an advantage or disadvantage by not being born in the colonies? Explain.

· Examine the language used in both documents; who is the audience for each writer?

· Why does Jefferson not discuss slavery in the Declaration?

· What do Paine and Jefferson say about the monarchy in their respective documents?

· Why does Jefferson focus more on the king than parliament?

Minimum word counts for this assignment are as follows:  Initial Post = 200 words;  Be aware that only your answers count to the word counts (retyping questions into your post does not count toward the word count).

Be sure that you fully address the questions, providing detailed analysis and historical context.  Do not cut-and-paste from sources, but instead use your own words to answer in both the initial post.

Discussion 4

Read the information included in Jefferson’s Message to Congress (1803). Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:

· Thomas Jefferson wrote this secret message to Congress about the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1803; what does it tell us about Jefferson’s views of westward expansion and Native Americans?

· What solutions does Jefferson propose to the friction between the fledgling republic and the Indian tribes of the West?

· What arguments does he use to explain the Lewis & Clark expedition?

· Minimum word counts for this assignment are as follows:  Initial Post = 200 words;  Be aware that only your answers count to the word counts (retyping questions into your post does not count toward the word count).

· Be sure that you fully address the questions, providing detailed analysis and historical context.  Do not cut-and-paste from sources, but instead use your own words to answer in both the initial post

Discussion 5

Read the Monroe Doctrine. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:

· The Monroe Doctrine became one of the crucial foundations of American foreign policy over the next century; what was the occasion for Monroe’s articulation of this doctrine, and what were the circumstances motivating its adoption?

· What reasons were used by Monroe to justify this foreign policy pronouncement, and how do they relate to arguments made during the revolutionary and early republic periods?

· Minimum word counts for this assignment are as follows:  Initial Post = 200 words;  Be aware that only your answers count to the word counts (retyping questions into your post does not count toward the word count).

· Be sure that you fully address the questions, providing detailed analysis and historical context.  Do not cut-and-paste from sources, but instead use your own words to answer in both the initial post.

Discussion 6

Read the information included in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; scroll down the document at this website and read through Chapters V, VI and VII of the account by ex-slave Harriet Jacobs. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following item(s):

· What does this account reveal about the nature of slavery and how slavery affected southern society?

· Minimum word counts for this assignment are as follows:  Initial Post = 200 words;  Be aware that only your answers count to the word counts (retyping questions into your post does not count toward the word count).

· Be sure that you fully address the questions, providing detailed analysis and historical context.  Do not cut-and-paste from sources, but instead use your own words to answer in both the initial post

Discussion 7

Read the Emancipation Proclamation. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:

In early 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

· Why did Lincoln decide to issue the Proclamation at this particular time?

· What factors determined this decision?

· What did the President hope to gain?

· What were the limitations of the Proclamation, and what was its larger historical significance?

· Minimum word counts for this assignment are as follows:  Initial Post = 200 words;  Be aware that only your answers count to the word counts (retyping questions into your post does not count toward the word count).

· Be sure that you fully address the questions, providing detailed analysis and historical context.  Do not cut-and-paste from sources, but instead use your own words to answer in both the initial post

Discussion 8

Read the information included in the Mississippi Black Codes. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following item(s):

During Reconstruction, Black Codes were enacted in several former states in the Confederacy. A Republican controlled Congress would later react to suppress these codes.

· What ultimately were these codes designed to do?

· Precisely how did the codes aim to accomplish these objectives?

· Minimum word counts for this assignment are as follows:  Initial Post = 200 words;  Be aware that only your answers count to the word counts (retyping questions into your post does not count toward the word count).

· Be sure that you fully address the questions, providing detailed analysis and historical context.  Do not cut-and-paste from sources, but instead use your own words to answer in both the initial post