The role of human services professionals in advocacy

Write a 6–8 page paper in which you explore the role of human services
professionals in advocacy for Minimum Wage. In addition to our course
readings, you will need to review the literature on the social issues or problem
you select in order to respond to some of the requirements below. Include the
following in your submission:
Introduction
Provide an introduction that succinctly describes the issue or problem and gives
an overview of current federal social welfare policy designed to address it.
Body of Paper
● Discuss how human services professionals’ knowledge could help inform
policy for the social issue or problem identified.

Describe an advocacy effort, including its purpose, and the activities
human services professionals could engage in to help create policy
change for the social issue or problem.
● Explain why you would choose this particular form of advocacy for human
service professionals to engage in regarding this social issue or problem.
● Analyze how effective these advocacy efforts may be for this social issue
or problem and the reasons why these might be effective or ineffective.
● Synthesize the relationship between advocacy and public opinion for the
selected policy.