1. The power and social status of those who are defining the problem
2. The sheer number of people affected
3. The amount of destruction to society an unaddressed problem has
What are the three things on which importance of a social problem depends?
100
1. Set the stage by preparing yourself.
2. Identify, collect, and review background
information.
3. Create a checklist of important considerations.
What is preparing yourself for public commenting.
100
The three types of federal assistance of the Social Security Act of 1935.
What are: Insurance (old-age insurance/pension; unemployment insurance/compensation); Assistance for people in need (public assistance for the aged); and Health services?
100
the Six Fundamental Policy Elements
What are:
1. Goals and objectives
2. Forms of benefits or services delivered
3. Entitlement (eligibility) rules
4. Administrative or organizational structure for service delivery
5. Financing method
6. Interactions among the prior elements
100
SMART
What are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely?
200
1. Identify the way the problem is defined (problem identification – what do you want to know?)
2. Identify the cause and consequences of the problem
3. Identify the ideology that makes the events of concern come to be defined as problematic
4. Identify who benefits/suffers from the problem
What are the four dimensions to consider in doing a social problem analysis?
200
1. Define your objectives.
2. Use clear organization, formatting, and language.
What are steps to take when preparing to comment?
200
5 Themes in Conflict with Strength Perspective of Policy Development
What are ________?
1. Capitalism and Private Market System
2. Means testing and investigations
3. Gender and Racial biases
4. Did not redistribute income or challenge social structure
5. Ignored structural barriers
200
Goal
What is a general, abstract statement that may elaborate on the direction of a policy or program initiatives to fulfill a mission (What purpose or goal do you wish to achieve with this gift?
200
1. Resources a program uses to achieve program objectives
2. what a program does with its inputs to full its mission
3. products of a program’s activities
4. benefits for participants during or after their involvement with a program
5. Specific items of information that track a program’s success on outcomes
What are Inputs, Activities, Outputs, Outcomes, Outcomes indicators?
300
consists of a set of events (or variables or factors) arranged in a time sequence that shows the social problem event that is to be explained—what comes before the event and, therefore, is said to “cause” it and what comes after the event and is said to be a consequence
What is a causal chain?
300
1. Make the strongest possible points
2. Suggest specific language when possible and appropriate.
3. Use specific examples to illustrate concerns
4. State what you support as well as what you disagree with.
5. Provide supplemental information, if needed
6. Offer helpful solutions
What are six tips for writing a convincing comment?
300
Extremism
Gender and racial bias
Penalized those with chronic conditions
Neglected housewives and temporary workers (including migrant workers)
What are some of the criticisms of the Social Security Act of 1935?
300
Adequacy,Equity, & Efficiency
What are
-the minimum amount to be sufficient;
-access to the same opportunities;
-and cost-effectiveness?
300
Objective
What is a specific, empirical, measurable statement about a desired outcome.
400
A set of value statements.
What is an ideology?
400
speaking at a public meeting or hearing;
rallying support for your position among agencies or
citizen groups; meeting with an official decisionmaker;
and going to the press
What are options to follow up on your public comment?
400
1937 - Steward Machine Co. v. Davis (part 1 of question)
1937 - Helvering v Davis
What is the law established mechanism to provide for unemployment compensation and old age benefits?
What is the case that sustained the old-age benefits provisions of the Social Security Act of 1935?
400
The two perspectives that shape policies and programs.
What are:
-the Legislators who passed the enabling laws
-the middle managers and practitioners who implement the program
400
Methods of Identifying Goals and Objectives in policies
What are
• Step 1: Locate the Enabling Legislation
• Step 2: Locate Legislative History
• Step 3: Locate Staff and Committee Studies and Reports
• Step 4: Check Other “Official” Sources
500
a conception of what is preferred; express a vision of how things “ought” to be. Note that value statements can be simple or complex, but in the end, they need no justification because they are personal or cultural preferences.
What is a value?
500
a process that allows individuals, organizations, agencies, and businesses to provide oral OR written input on proposed
governmental (i.e., local, state, federal) decisions.
What is public commenting?
500
1939 Amendments to the Social Security Act
What are old – age insurance program was expanded to include survivors and increased amounts authorized for federal grants to the states for maternal and child health, crippled children, child welfare, vocational rehabilitation, and public health?
500
The fit of the policy element to the social problem of concern
The consequences of the policy element with regard to adequacy, equity, and efficiency for consumers and program participants
Criteria that are uniquely useful for a single policy element but not others
What are the evaluation criteria for the policy elements in a program, service, or policy system
500
These programs deliver goods and these programs provide personal social services
What is Hard Benefit Program and a Soft Benefit Program