Attached
Topic – homelessness
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.
