Social Policy Options

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at the issue of homelessness as it impacts African-Americans and provides some possible policy options that might alleviate this social illness. The paper examines a minimum wage policy and proposes efforts to turn local abandoned areas into sites for low-cost housing projects. The paper concludes that money can be diverted from public sector wages into the programs regulating labor practices and the subsidization of housing initiatives.

From the Paper:

"To begin with, a budgeting policy must have proper checks and balances in place. In most college systems, budgetary overview is the responsibility of the Finance Committee of a Board of Management or the Finance Committee of a Board of Directors (Motherwell College 2000). In the case of a municipality that is attempting to successfully grapple with African-American homelessness, it seems intuitive that budgetary overview should be partly the responsibility of a Housing Commission or of a Sub-Committee devoted to addressing social ills."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Economic Policy Institute. (2006). Minimum wage: Facts at a glance. Economic Policy Institute: Research for Broadly-Shared Prosperity. Retrieved September 30, 2006, from <http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage_minwagefacts>
• Motherwell College. (2000). Budgeting policy. Motherwell College. Retrieved September 30, 2006, from <http://www.motherwell.ac.uk/documents/staff/F1b_budgeting.pdf#search=%22%22budgeting%20policy%22%22>
• New York State Department of Labor. (n.d.). Workforce New York. New York State Department of Labor. Retrieved September 30, 2006, from <http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/laborstandards/workprot/minors.shtm>

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