8055 week 8

TOPIC - HOMELESSNESS Instructions Develop a brief proposal for your final project that details everything that you are going

to cover, beginning with an introduction, including all criteria topics, and ending with a

summary.

The following 10 main bullet points correspond to the grading criteria for this

assignment; use these to organize your proposal:

● Describe the social problem of focus conceptualized within a systems framework.

○ Write a single paragraph that succinctly distills what you have learned about the problem, conceptualized within a systems framework.

○ Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature.

● Detail the key cultural diversity and social justice concerns related to the social problem.

○ Write a single paragraph that succinctly distills what you have learned about the key cultural diversity and social justice concerns related to the problem.

○ Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature.

● Describe previous efforts to address the social problem of focus. ○ Write a single paragraph that succinctly distills what you have

learned about previous efforts to address the problem. ○ Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional

literature. ● Describe the goals and objectives of a proposed intervention that

addresses the social problem of focus. ○ Write a single paragraph that succinctly distills the goals and

objectives of your proposed intervention. ■ Goals are the vision for the outcome that you hope to

achieve; objectives are ways in which you will accomplish the outcome.

○ Describe at least three goals and one or two corresponding objectives for each goal.

○ Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature.

● Justify the proposed intervention with supporting literature. ○ Identify the implications from a social work perspective. ○ Write a single paragraph that succinctly justifies your proposed

intervention ○ Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional

literature. ● Describe each step needed to implement the proposed change-based

effort. ○ Identify who will be involved. ○ Identify the key stakeholders and organizations? ○ Explain how you will engage those individuals and organizations. ○ Write a single paragraph that succinctly describes each step

needed to implement your proposed change. ○ Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional

literature. ● Describe how the proposed change-based effort will be evaluated.

○ Explain how you will know whether the effort is successful. ○ Explain how you will measure success. Be specific. ○ Write a single paragraph that succinctly describes how your

proposed change-based effort will be evaluated. ○ Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional

literature. ● Reflect on one's professional development related to the problem.

○ For this criterion, you are asked to write about yourself; therefore, writing in the first person is appropriate for this portion of the assignment.

○ Provide a one-page personal reflection addressing the following: ■ Why you chose this social problem. ■ What you have learned about it this quarter. ■ How your thinking has changed or not changed

regarding what is needed to create change specific to your social problem.

■ Biases and assumptions that you have about this work. ● Write content clearly and logically, following the rules of grammar,

usage, and mechanics.

○ "Grammar” refers to the basic rules for how sentences are constructed and how words combine to make sentences (such as word order, case, and tense).

○ “Usage” refers to correct word choice and phrasing, particularly with regard to the meanings of words and phrases.

○ “Mechanics” refers to correct use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

○ Write in the third person (except where indicated), adhering to conventions of academic tone.

● Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references. ○ Include a reference page; you may add some references later, but

there should be 10 to start.