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Child Welfare

April15

One thing that Melissa Carter mentioned that surprised me was the fact that the first goal of the child welfare system is reunification return children back to their families as soon as possible. I guess I just assumed that if the child was being abused and neglected why would this be the first option to […]

Affordable Care Act?

March19

The Frontline specials reported information regarding healthcare in America and healthcare around the world. The takeaway from these specials is that America has the poorest healthcare working system for the people by far compared to any other healthcare system around the world. Among all of the countries reported in the special, us Americans are the […]

The Intersection of race, gender, and class

March4

The concerns of social policy are centered on human existence and the basic human needs being met. Some of the basic human needs include food, shelter, a safe environment, promotion of health, support of those unable to live fully independent lives, education, and training of individuals to levels that enable them to excel in their […]

BLOG POST/ DISCUSSION #1

February3

In Obama’s recent State of the Union Address, one of his proposals was Climate Change. He mentioned that he would like to see a bill targeting climate change like the one John McCain and Joe Lieberman worked on together a few years ago which was The Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship Act of 2003 (USA Today, Allen […]


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