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Section Two Current efforts to address the issue

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Section Two Current efforts to address the issue.

One of the most important aspects of identifying and addressing a social issue is to have a good understanding of what efforts exist in your community (and potentially at the state and local level) that target your issue and how those efforts are working. This section should also include practices that have been evaluated and proven effective. These practices may be classified as best practice, research- based practice, or evidence-based practice. As best practices are presented, discuss where there are gaps in service for the macro population.

Be sure to include:

• Current efforts to address the issue/problem (programs, community groups, advocacy, grassroots efforts)
• Evidence-based practices, research-based practices, or “best-practices” (may be from literature or based on evaluation and technical reports)
• Gaps in services

People of influence, building allies.

In this section, students will first identify systems, organizations, people, or groups that will influence the macro change process. Depending on your intervention idea, your action system may include just a few people or multiple agencies. Include external organizations/people who will be resources for your project and those who may be barriers. Present a plan of how to work alongside the macro population and include the clients’ values and voices in the decision making processes. See Chapter 9 in the text for details and ideas.

Summary of need and hypothesis of change.

After students have identified current efforts, supporting evidence for those efforts, and gaps in services, assets, and people of influence, students will summarize the problem and the need by developing a working hypothesis of change. See text for description (p. 107-112). One practice model of macro practice will be selected as an approach to the identified need. Thorough rationale should be given.

Plan – the logic model.

Without getting too deep into the details of an intervention, develop a “broad-strokes” logic model that considers the evidence-based practice examples found, fits the identified hypothesis of change, and uses the practice model selected. Template tables and examples will be given in class. See Chapter 11 in the textbook.

Conclusion.

Summarize the plan for engagement, the assessment, and the general plan for macro practice. Make sure to retain a strengths-based perspective and a macro lens to make a clear argument of why a macro intervention is needed for this client..