Reference no: EM133702828

Assignment:

Scenario

You are a policy analyst serving within a not-for-profit organization, Helping Communities Live Better (HCLB), that provides the following services:

• Low-cost childcare and after-school childcare
• Free or low-cost education on a variety of topics from health and wellness to community resources and national and global issues
• Organizes charity events to collect donations for local homeless and women's shelters, food pantries, and clothing drives

The organization also uses solar power in all of its buildings and maintains a community vegetable garden to feed and educate the public.

HCLB is committed to helping the communities it serves by providing education and resources that support families and help them to build better lives. The organization has a number of centers, which are typically located in diverse communities; many offer services to veterans and active military as well as civilian communities. You have been approached by your supervisor, William Duston, to analyze a policy issue of relevance to your organization. The U.S. president-elect has campaigned on many policies that isolate the United States in various ways: advocating stricter immigration policies, withdrawing troops from foreign conflicts, and limiting regulations and incentives for companies to implement green-energy solutions. These are just a few of the campaign promises made, and it's unclear if the president-elect will follow through-or attempt to follow through-on these promises.

POLICY: affirmative action and equal opportunity

Determine the economic, social, or political implications of affirmative action and equal opportunity. Provide examples to support your claims.

• Identify the chosen policy issue. (affirmative action and equal opportunity)
• Explain why you chose this policy issue.
• Explain why it is relevant to the organization/why the organization should be aware of it.
• Propose a solution to the identified issue.
• Analyze the perspectives of key players and stakeholders on contemporary issues.
• Identify two or three stakeholders with differing perspectives on the issue.
• Discuss impacts that proposed solutions for the policy issue may have on the identified stakeholders
• Analyze the impact of political and legislative outcomes on key stakeholders.
• If passed, how would the proposed solution to the policy issue impact key stakeholders? Consider political and legislative impacts on elected officials, community members, and other stakeholders.

Evaluate legislative outcomes based on differences between regional political cultures. Address the following:

• How do political cultures differ from one region (Northeast, South, West, Midwest) to another?
• Discuss the audience for the policy issue, and explain why this policy would benefit the region from a legislative perspective.
• In your speaker notes, consider election outcomes based on differences among regional political cultures for how they impact the policy issue you selected.
• Explain opportunities for and challenges related to the implementation of policy proposals for key issues.
• In the speaker notes, elaborate on opportunities for policy implementation, and explain how these opportunities will support successful implementation.
• What challenges may occur in presenting proposed solutions to the policy issue?
• What solution would best suit the policy proposal by accommodating various stakeholder needs and having a positive impact on society?