Innovative Solution to a Social Issue
READ THE FOLLOWING as the Basis of the Paper:
Pick a social issue other than the topic of your “State Social Policy Paper.” Research an innovative solution that has brought about transformative results and how this might influence social policy. RECENT means an innovation within the past 5 years of this course. If the innovation was beyond 5 years then the paper will receive a zero grade
Example of RECENT and OLDER SOLUTION on the Issue of Homelessness
- RECENT INNOVATIVE WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS – ACCEPTABLE
An example of a recent innovative solution within the past 5 years to the issue of homelessness is “Tiny Houses.” See the article on the “Tiny House Villages in Seattle: An Efficient Response to Our Homelessness Crisis”:
https://shelterforce.org/2019/03/15/tiny-house-villages-in-seattle-an-efficient-response-to-our-homelessness-crisis/ (Links to an external site.)
- OLDER SOLUTIONS PAST 5 YEARS – NOT ACCEPTABLE
2-1-1 began as Infoline in 1976 as a public/private partnership of United Way and the State of Connecticut.
Section 8 Housing introduced on 1974
A paper based on these older solutions would receive a zero grade.