In social work, advocacy is very important to promote social change. Letters are often used as an effective tool to bring attention to social justice issues. This assignment requires you to choose a social justice issue that is important to you, gather current research and data on the subject matter, and write a one page professional and formal letter to your elected local, state, or national representative responsible for your social justice matter you have identified.

Choose a social welfare problem that you believe is in need of change and write a letter to an elected local, state, or federal official regarding the issue you have chosen. You are not required to send the letter; however, it must be written in a professional, well organized, clear, and concise format.

Writing letters to public officials is a form of political advocacy for clients and social workers. For this Assignment, you will write an advocacy letter to public official about a problem and a policy. In addition, you will write a 1-2 page explanation of your letter. Your explanation will provide the rationale behind your chosen issue and the approach you took with the specific representative.

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Assignment: In the same document, submit both Part I and II of the assignment (2-4 pages):

Part I: Letter to Representative

Your letter should include:

A description of the social welfare issue
An explanation of how you want the legislator to respond to the issue (vote, create legislation, hold public hearings, etc.) and why.
Support of your viewpoints with credible facts and research.

Part II: Explanation (1-2 pages, double-space, APA format)

For this part of the assignment, provide an explanation of:

Why you selected the issue
How the issue affects social work
The reason you chose the specific representative
The approach you took with the representative (consider the representative’s voting history, political affiliation, and any other factors you considered)

Solution:

Advocating with Policy Makers Part I: An Advocacy Letter

Date: 29^th January 2019

The Honorable Andy Harris (R),

Office Address of State Representative,

Dear State Representative,

RE: ADVOCATING FOR HOMELESS EX-OFFENDERS

I feel very fortunate that I have a secure home. Unfortunately, having a comfortable and secure home is a luxury that not every American can afford, particularly the ex-offenders. As an experienced service provider to both ex-offenders and homeless, I have seen how unavailability of affordable housing has left and has continued to leave ex-offenders competing for scarce resources with other individuals with no criminal history. These individuals get out of prison with much hope to start new lives only to find no home, no food, no security, and no jobs. I have seen numerous ex-offenders being convicted again within two years after their release due to crimes like theft. They steal to have some food and shelter. Many others end up going back to drug use which ultimately results to their deaths. I am sure that you would not love to see a considerable portion of the young generation get into drug abuse or get arrested over drug abuse as this can result to reduced productivity and performance which might have a negative impact on the economy.

There exist regulations frameworks which render ex-offenders with a history of possession and abuse of illegal controlled substance ineligible to receiving Medicaid aid. These ex-offenders often suffer from psychological health problems which require medical attention. Inability to….Please click the Paypal icon below to purchase full solution for only $10