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Final Project for HBSE 5001 – Spring 2019

Instructions: The year is 2021. You have the opportunity to have a one-hour, one-to-one meeting with the newly elected President of the USA, the Speaker of the House, and the Majority Leader of the Senate. The people in these three positions have agreed to invest 250 million dollars (USD) annually for the next four years to develop innovations in services, treatment and/or care in one human development-individual family issues. This investment will not take away from the current efforts and health and social services provided in other areas. Please write a brief background paper or policy brief making an argument in favor of one issue that you consider the most salient/central in human development for individuals and/or families.

Parameters: This must be a persuasive essay on one issue/topic/area. To support your argument, you can use one or more of the following:

1. data published in the textbooks and readings from this course;

2. data from peer-reviewed research studies (not from websites or online encyclopedias),

3. data from government agencies published in websites or reports,

4. one or two case studies of people that you have interviewed from this assignment, that you work with as part of your direct practice and/or your own family.

• The essay can be written as a policy brief (similarly to what you have written in prior policy courses) or as background paper (following any format that you see fit best for your essay).

• A persuasive argument uses logic and critical thinking rather than hyperbolic statements or broad generalizations.

• The main text of the paper must be between 500-800 words.

• Please include a cover page with the title of your essay, your name, name of the course.

• Please include your references using APA style.

• Optional: You can include appendices or exhibits that can help illustrate your argument.

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