Social Service Simulation

Abstract

Budgeting activities have been used to help students develop a better understanding of what it like to live in poverty.  Through a lecture, group activity and reflection paper, students learn about social service agencies, create a budget that considers eligibility for and use of resources from various social services agencies, develop and follow...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Public Policy, Social Welfare/Social Work, Stratification/Mobility

Resource Type(s):

Assignment, PowerPoint

Class Level(s):

College 100, College 200

Class Size(s):

Medium, Small

Usage Notes

This resource extends past budgeting activities by examining the role of social service agencies in addressing budget deficits (Vorsanger, 2015).  This resource could be used in a 100 or 200 level social problems, introduction to sociology, social welfare, or social work course. The lecture, which is included, takes approximately 1.5 hours and is given...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Learning goal 1: Identify requirements for receiving benefits from various social service agencies.
2. 
   Learning goal 2: Locate social services to help people in poverty
   
3. Learning goal 3: Reflect on the impact of a social safety net for individuals and families living on a budget that is less than or at the federal poverty level.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Assessment1 : Completion of budget including the use of social welfare programs to offset expenditures
2. Assessment 2: Completion of a budget and reflection paper
3. Assessment 3: Completion of a reflection paper