creating & evaluating policy
If someone where to study the impact of the JJRA (Juvuenlie Justice Reform Act), this would illustrate this phase of the policy-making process.
What is evaluation?
This is the institution that creates policy for Maryland schools.
What is MSD (Maryland State Department of Education)?
This set the agenda for many of the social welfare programs that began in the 1930s, including social secruity and unemployment insurance.
What is the Great Depression?
This was initiated by President Nixon, and continued by president's Johnson, Reagan, and Clinton.
What is the War on Drugs?
This is the federal agency, created by Clean Air Act, is responsible for enforcing environmental laws through regulation.
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?
The debate over a bill in a congressional committee illustrates this phase of the policy-making process.
What is adoption?
This body studied education in Maryland in order to better define the problems faced by the Maryland school system; led to Blueprint for MD's future.
What is the Kerwin Commission?
This Maryland law, passed in 2021, prevents landlords from refusing tenants who have housing vouchers.
What is the HOME Act?
This refers to the high rate of imprisoned individuals as a result of the War on Drugs.
What is mass incarceration?
This organization's radical activists approach led to a ban on whalling in the 1980s.
What is Green Peace?
What is implementation?
This law requires colleges to provide public access to reports related to campus safety.
What is the Cleary Act?
This law requires people to have health insurance, removed lifetime caps on insurance costs, and allowed parents to keep kids insured until 26.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
These president supported passage of the 1994 Crime Bill, and later apolgized for it's inequitable impact.
Who is Willam (Bill) Clinton
This institution implements immigration policy in the United States.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
A survey showing people's opinion of a proposed policy would relate to this evaluation criteria.
What is acceptability?
What is the U.S. Congress?
This law was passed to end racist policies related to housing policy.
What is the Fair Housing Act?
What Maryland law probited criminal charges for minors, which some evidence shows linked to an increase in carjacking?
What is the JJRA (Juvenile Justice Restoration Act)
This is the most pressing environmental issue today, and the focus of the activist group 350.org.
What is climate change?
What is agenda setting?
This was the main policy priority of President Biden regarding education.
What is debt relief for people with college loan debt.
These types of programs are available to receipts who qualify based on income, such as food stamps and TANF.
What are means-tested programs?
This theory holds the all people have the opportunity to influence the government by joining interest groups.
What is pluralism?
This policy, enacted by President Obama, gave temporary legal status to children of undocumented immigrants.
What is DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)