As a human services leader, you are aware, through direct or indirect work, of a government agency’s unique context of practice. Developing a program within a government agency presents its unique challenges and resources.

This paper will give you the opportunity to practice how to develop a program within a government agency. This program should address the social problem and unmet community need you previously identified in the Unit 5 assignment (u05a1), regarding your local community. Utilizing your needs assessment information, you will provide a rationale for the need for this program and describe how it will meet this need.

Since good program design comes with strong program evaluation, you will also determine an appropriate program evaluation strategy for your program. The government program that you, as a civil servant, design must address issues of diversity and inclusion and maintain ethical standards. To further validate and support your proposal, you will use reputable sources.

Instructions

Write a 3–5 page proposal to develop a program for a government agency. Recognizing the unique resources and context of a government agency, develop a program to address the need you presented in your community needs assessment (in Unit 5). Highlight key components of the community needs assessment that support the need for the new program, and address how the new program addresses this need. In the proposal, include an appropriate strategy for program evaluation. Integrate ethics, as well as issues of diversity and inclusion. Support your proposal with the required course readings and other reputable sources.

To complete this assignment successfully, be sure to address the following:

• Design a program within a government agency to address your previously identified (u05a1) community need.
• Determine an appropriate program evaluation type for this program.
• Present how the program integrates accessible and culturally sensitive approaches to address issues of diversity and inclusion.
• Examine ethical considerations in developing and implementing this government program.

Support your paper with the required readings and other reputable sources.

Submission Requirements

To complete this assignment successfully, your paper will need to meet the following specifications:

• Page length: Write a 3–5 page paper.
• Communication: Use professional academic writing and apply current APA format and style for citations and references.
• Resources: Support your work with a minimum of 10 reputable sources, including required readings and other scholarly or professional sources such as peer-reviewed journals.
• Font and size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Refer to the Program Development for a Government Agency Scoring Guide to ensure that you meet the grading criteria for this assignment.

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2/29/2020

Program Development for a Government Agency Scoring Guide

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Program Development for a Government Agency Scoring Guide

Due Date: Unit 7
Percentage of Course Grade: 15%.

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED

Design a program
utilizing the
government as the
context of practice.
20%

Does not present a
program that could
be implemented in a
government agency.

Describes a program
that could be
implemented in a
government agency, but
does not clearly
articulate that
connection.

Designs a program
utilizing the
government as the
context of practice.

Designs a program
emphasizing the unique
challenges and
resources of the
government as the
context of practice.

Differentiate what
the significant
pieces of a
community needs
assessment are, to
design a program in
a government
agency.
16%

Does not present
community needs
assessment
information that is
related to the
government
agency’s program
development.

Discusses a community
needs assessment with
information related to
the government
agency’s program
development, but does
not articulate the
linkage clearly.

Differentiates what
the significant
pieces of a
community needs
assessment are, to
design a program in
a government
agency.

Utilizes significant
pieces of a community
needs assessment to
design a program in a
government agency.

Propose a program
evaluation type
appropriate for a
program in a
government agency.
16%

Does not present a
program evaluation.

Discusses general
program evaluation
related to the program,
but it is not specific to
the context of a
government agency.

Proposes a
program evaluation
type appropriate for
a program in a
government
agency.

Presents an overview of
a program evaluation
that is appropriate for a
government agency’s
program.

Integrate accessible
and culturally
sensitive
approaches in a
program design.
16%

Does not present a
program design that
addresses
accessibility and
cultural sensitivity.

Lists possible program
design approaches that
are accessible or
culturally sensitive, but
not both.

Integrates
accessible and
culturally sensitive
approaches in a
program design.

Develops a program for
a government agency
that promotes diversity
and inclusion.

Examine ethical
issues that arise in
conducting program
development.
16%

Does not present
ethical issues
related to
conducting program
development.

Describes ethical issues
that are related to
program development,
but does not apply them
to conducting program
development.

Examines ethical
issues that arise in
conducting program
development.

Examines ethical issues
that arise for
government agencies in
conducting program
development.

Communicate in a
manner that is
scholarly,
professional, and
respectful of the
diversity, dignity,
and integrity of
others, consistent
with expectations
for members of the
human services
profession.
16%

Does not
communicate in a
manner that is
scholarly,
professional, and
respectful of the
diversity, dignity, and
integrity of others,
consistent with
expectations for
members of the
human services
profession.

Communicates with
persistent writing errors
that impede the
message or includes
language the is not
respectful of the
diversity, dignity, and
integrity of others,
consistent with
expectations for
members of the human
services profession.

Communicates in a
manner that is
scholarly,
professional, and
respectful of the
diversity, dignity,
and integrity of
others, consistent
with expectations
for members of the
human services
profession.

Communicates in a
manner that is scholarly,
professional, and
respectful of the
diversity, dignity, and
integrity of others, is
consistent with
expectations for
members of the human
services profession, and
is supported with
reputable sources.