Choose at least two of the policies that are discussed in Chapter 9 regarding Work and Employment Policy or in one of the assigned readings from Social Work Speaks. Then, analyze the policies following the prompts below in 200-500 words.
Using the material available in your reading and other sources of your choice, compare and contrast the ways in which each of your chosen policies affects the causes or the solutions of poverty. For example, do the policies you chose . . .
• make poverty better?
• make poverty worse?
• attempt to solve poverty?
• attempt to prevent poverty?
• address policy but only with one group of people?
• help some people while harming others?

References
• Lane, S. R., Palley, E. S., & Shdaimah, C. S. (2019). Social welfare policy in a changing world. Sage Publishing.
o Chapter 3
o Chapter 9
• Wehrmann, K. C., & McClain, A. (2018). Social work speaks: National Association of Social Workers policy statements, 2018-2020. NASW Press.
o “Economic Justice”
o “Welfare Reform”
o “Workplace Discrimination”
• Lane, S. R., & Pritzker, S. (2018).Planning the political intervention: Advocacy campaigns. In Political social work. Springer International Publishing.
o Chapter 6. Please read pages 151-163