Issue Statement and Identification of a Policy

Submit a 3- to 5-page paper, addressing the following: 

· Issue Statement: Create a 1-paragraph issue statement that hooks your audience and concisely communicates the imperative to address your selected social problem. Include the following: 

· In 1 paragraph, define your social problem and the population impacted by it.  

· In 1–2 paragraphs, explain your critical reasons for why the public and decision makers, as well as social workers, need to advocate for change.  

· In 1–2 paragraphs, describe what happens in communities if your goal to alleviate the problem is realized. 

· Policy Review: Summarize your selected policy, its relationships to the social problem, and the expected results. Then address the following: 

· Is your selected policy dictated by local or state statute—or a combination thereof? 

· How does the policy address your issue statement? Or what is missing? 

· What are the different sections, or components, of the policy? 

· How long has the current policy been in place? 

· Who supports and who opposes the policy? 

· What changes, or amendments, have been made to the policy? 

· Explain how this policy affects clients you might see in a clinical setting and why, as a clinical social worker, it would be important to advocate for change.