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Example
Contest Entries
- Analyze the impact
of proposed or current state policy on a particular population.
- Identify and track
a bill in the state legislature over a 2 month period.
- Attend the meetings
of a human services (sub)committee of the state legislature for a semester.
- Prepare and deliver
testimony before a (sub)committee on a bill that affects clients.
- Organize a group
of classmates to attend one or two sessions of the state legislature.
- Interview patrons
or sponsors of a proposed policy change or new bill.
- Organize clients
to prepare testimony at public hearings on new proposals or regulations.
- Work with the
state chapter of NASW in lobbying for its state legislative agenda.
- Design a research
question or project around current efforts of welfare reform.
- Join a coalition
or advocacy group and assist in setting and implementing their legislative
agenda.
- Arrange a meeting(s)
with clients and their elected state representative to discuss policies,
regulations, or personal views.
- Organize and conduct
a panel of policy players (legislator, lobbyist, provider, client) at
your school on a policy, law or bill that is currently in effect or
being proposed.
- In field practica/agencies,
assist the person(s) who are tracking legislation.
- Analyze and compare
a particular policy or law among all 50 states or in a given region.
- Develop a computer-driven
program that tracks legislation in human services and can be updated
daily, weekly, monthly, or as needed.
- Organize tours
of the state capitol for developmentally disabled groups.
- Write position
papers for candidates who are campaigning for legislative or executive
offices.
- Conduct a survey
of candidates or legislators on their views of proposed legislation
or policy and publish the results.
- Collaborate with
a coalition/advocacy group and a legislator in drafting the language
of a proposed policy or bill.
- Plan a ”rally
day” at the legislature with a sponsoring group or association.
- Serve as an intern
in the office of a state legislator.
- Visit personally
your state senator and representative and inform them of your concerns
on a particular bill or policy.
- Analyze the impact
of proposed or current state policy on a particular population.
- Identify and track
a bill in the state legislature over a 2 month period.
- Attend the meetings
of a human services (sub)committee of the state legislature for a semester.
- Prepare and deliver
testimony before a (sub)committee on a bill that affects clients.
- Organize a group
of classmates to attend one or two sessions of the state legislature.
- Interview patrons
or sponsors of a proposed policy change or new bill.
- Organize clients
to prepare testimony at public hearings on new proposals or regulations.
- Work with the
state chapter of NASW in lobbying for its state legislative agenda.
- Design a research
question or project around current efforts of welfare reform.
- Join a coalition
or advocacy group and assist in setting and implementing their legislation.
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