The role played by community organizations in the political process can best be described as
a. highly partisan.
b. schools of civic democracy.
c. organizing block voting by racial minorities.
d. helping the poor get stuff
B
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a. a minimum wage b. a living wage c. a market wage d. a maximum wage
Reducing the length of time that children wait for adoptive placement is a goal of
what legislation: a. The Adoption and Safe Families Act b. The Multiethnic Placement Act c. The Adoptive Family Placement Act d. The Foster Family Drift Act
[If students have the necessary background information:] How did Maria’s experience compare with what we know generally about survivors of domestic and sexual abuse? What did Carla do specifically to help Maria deal with the abuse she faced?
Carla Hudson, a Black social worker with the Women’s Resource Center (WRC), had worked with Maria Velasquez, a Mexican immigrant and mother of two children, for several years as she struggled to escape a violent home situation. Maria was Carla’s first Spanish-speaking client. Maria’s spoken English was easily understandable, but she could not read or write English well. As Carla assisted Maria in acquiring mainstream services, including Head Start, TANF, Food Stamps, and WIC, she noticed barriers to services that she began to suspect were related to discrimination against Spanish-speaking clients. When two White Head Start caseworkers refused to help Maria attain educational support that she needed in order to gain English literacy, Carla faced the challenge of addressing discrimination issues in another agency and perhaps throughout the service delivery system in Jasper, Alabama.
Social work is the profession that has the responsibility and mandate to provide social services
a. True b. False: