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North Carolina at Charlotte Family Impact Analysis of the DREAM Act Question

 

For this assignment, you will write a 6-8-page family impact analysis of an issue, a specific law, a legislative proposal, or program. You will select a topic that you are familiar with so that you can cite relevant research evidence. This assignment should be approached from an educational perspective. Using the family impact principles, you will describe how families are being both supported and undermined by this issue, law, legislation, or program.

The objectives of this paper are as follows:

  1. 1) Describe the family impact lens used to evaluation public policies and programs
  2. 2) Apply a family impact lens to analyze a specific policy, program, or legislative issue
  3. 3) Evaluate the effectiveness of utilizing a family impact analyze

For the paper, include the following section headers and address the respective questions therein (you may use sub-headers as you see fit):

▪ Describe a specific issue, law, legislative proposal, or public program that impacts families

▪ Give a brief history and a brief description of the current state of the issue/policy/program

▪ Describe the basic tenets of the family impact lens

▪ Using family impact principles, describe how families are being supported by this issue/policy/program
▪ Using family impact principles, describe how families are being undermined or oppressed by this issue/policy/program

  • ▪ Discuss any potential beneficial effects that might have been overlooked without family impact analysis
  • ▪ Discuss any potential harmful effects that a family impact analysis might help avoid
  • ▪ Discuss questions policymakers should ask when making decisions on the topic of your analysis
  • ▪ Lastly, describe how helping professionals might contribute to a deeper understanding of this topic and include suggestions tohelping professionals for how they might include the information you have gathered into their work.
  • ▪ APA formatting (include title page and reference page – no abstract necessary)
  • ▪ 6-8 pages (not including title/reference page); double-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman, no spaces in between paragraphs
  • ▪ Appropriate grammar, syntax, logical flow of idea, college-level writing, and proofread