Use informed literature to discuss your topic from a black perspective

Paper: The Black Perspective on Poverty Paper: APA, style 5 -10

Literature should be current, relevant with a greater reliance on social work articles

• Your paper should be a detailed discussion and should not be taken lightly.

• Describe the issue and present an answer (intervention)

Open with:

• Describe the history, of poverty of blacks in America

• Describe the demographics who are the blacks living in the USA that are poor (Mostly single black mothers – blacks have 75% chance of single mother

• Any other important factors regarding black poverty in USA regarding issues

• Provide at least 1 statistical graph related to black poverty

Then Plan an intervention or an Answer, Ways this problem could be solved or buffered. such as improved education, improved housing, vouchers to provide free housing, whatever you think

• Discuss social work practice from a generalist perspective

• (multi-levels of intervention: micro, mezzo, macro, and ecological perspective)

• include of social work values, ethics, and roles in relationship to the selected issue.

• Integrate empowerment, strengths perspective,

• MOST importantly incorporate the Black Perspective into the paper.

• When you are planning your intervention, look to Chapters 13, and 14 for guidance, and Chapter 15 in your Miley, O’Melia , generalist practice.

• Your paper should be a detailed discussion and should not be taken lightly.

• completeness and detail will be essential to the grading of this assignment, along with the utilization and synthesis of current literature,

• Use informed literature to discuss your topic from a black perspective

• Used Informed articles or research APA style

• If books are used, identify the exact page(s) of reference.

Literature should be current, relevant with a greater reliance on social work articles