Assignment Content
You will research your instructor-approved policy topic. You will utilize your research to determine a public policy change or new policy.
You should have received instructor approval for your policy topic in Week 1. If you have not
received approval yet, please contact your instructor. Additionally, if after researching your topic,
you would like to adjust your policy topic that was approved in Week 1, please contact your
instructor.
You should write a 350- to 700-word paper that discusses your completed research, defines a
problem related to your selected topic, and discusses the benefits of your proposed policy change. Specifically, your paper should do the following:
Explains why your approved topic is important. Clearly identify the state or local government or the state or local nonprofit that will be implementing your proposed new policy or proposed policy change
Summarizes a proposed policy change or a new policy related to your approved topic
Discusses the problem the proposed policy change or new policy will help mitigate. Each of the following items should be included in your discussion:
Introduces and identifies the problem
Explains the background of the problem
Expresses the feasibility of overcoming the problem
Describes the current status of the problem
You will research your instructor-approved policy topic. You will utilize your research to determine a public policy change or new policy.
You should have received instructor approval for your policy topic in Week 1. If you have not
received approval yet, please contact your instructor. Additionally, if after researching your topic,
you would like to adjust your policy topic that was approved in Week 1, please contact your
instructor.
You should write a 350- to 700-word paper that discusses your completed research, defines a
problem related to your selected topic, and discusses the benefits of your proposed policy change. Specifically, your paper should do the following:
Explains why your approved topic is important. Clearly identify the state or local government or the state or local nonprofit that will be implementing your proposed new policy or proposed policy change
Summarizes a proposed policy change or a new policy related to your approved topic
Discusses the problem the proposed policy change or new policy will help mitigate. Each of the following items should be included in your discussion:
Introduces and identifies the problem
Explains the background of the problem
Expresses the feasibility of overcoming the problem
Describes the current status of the problem
Discusses advantages of the proposed policy change or new policy
Cite at least 2 resources using APA format.