43 essential policies for human services professionals

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"For potential use at both the BSW and MSW level, the book provides thumbnail descriptions of key social welfare problems and policies in the United States, starting with the Elizabethan Poor Laws of the 1600s to Japanese internment, through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, to COVID-19 relief and the Black Lives Matter movement. One feature of the book, Analysis Elements, address issues such as unintended consequences, goal development, and target efficiency"--