Social Policy and Advocacy Flashcards
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Policy advocacy differs from direct social work practice primarily because it:
Answer: Focuses on changing conditions affecting many people rather than helping individual clients
Policy advocacy aims to change laws, regulations, or social conditions that affect entire populations, whereas direct practice addresses the needs of individual clients or families.
Coalition building as an advocacy strategy involves:
Answer: Bringing together multiple groups with shared interests to amplify advocacy efforts
Coalition building unites diverse organizations and groups around a common policy goal, increasing collective power, resources, and influence over decision-makers.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 expanded health insurance coverage primarily through:
Answer: Expanding Medicaid eligibility and establishing health insurance marketplaces
The ACA expanded Medicaid eligibility to individuals up to 138% of the federal poverty level and created state-based insurance marketplaces with subsidies for moderate-income consumers.
Which policy analysis model evaluates a policy by examining the ratio of its financial costs to its expected benefits?
Answer: Cost-benefit analysis
Cost-benefit analysis quantifies and compares the financial costs of a policy against its projected monetary and social benefits to assess overall value and efficiency.
Grassroots organizing in social work advocacy primarily involves:
Answer: Mobilizing community members most affected by an issue to take collective action
Grassroots organizing empowers directly affected community members to become active agents in advocacy, building power from the bottom up rather than relying on established elites.
In social policy analysis, 'universal' programs are those that:
Answer: Provide benefits to all members of a defined category regardless of income
Universal programs (e.g., public education, Social Security) provide benefits to all eligible individuals within a defined group without income-based means-testing.
Which term describes the process by which a social problem is recognized, defined, and placed on the governmental agenda for policy consideration?
Answer: Agenda setting
Agenda setting is the process by which certain issues gain attention from policymakers and the public, moving from recognized problems to formal consideration for governmental action.