Child Maltreatment in Foster care

Policy Paper 

For this policy paper, you will select a social welfare policy problem of personal interest and conduct a search of the available literature (with emphasis on peer-reviewed journal articles) surrounding the selected policy problem. This paper must be written in APA 6th edition format, which includes a title page, body of at least 5 full pages and a maximum of 8 pages, and a reference page(s). 

Requirements You must use at minimum 3 scholarly resources for this policy paper. Wikipedia, Ask.com, and other non-scholarly sources of information will not be accepted. If you are in doubt about the reliability of a resource, ask your instructor. Topics that must be addressed in this policy paper include 

1. Brief introduction to the policy problem; 

2. History of social welfare policy in this area; 

3. Alternative proposals to address this problem (a minimum of two alternatives must be included); 

4. Rational policy analysis of the alternatives; 

5. Political ramifications of each alternative; 

6. Summary/conclusion.