Community Agency Review Assignment Instructions
For this assignment, search the Internet for two County, State, or Federal service provider agencies in your geographical area. The agencies must be ones that meet the following criteria:
· They must be agencies that have been in operation for at least two years.
· They must be agencies that serve children and families.
· There must be a description of the agencies on the Internet that describes what the agency does, who the agency serves, the different roles of the staff, who the funders are, how services are paid for, and how the agency operates.
Instructions for each section:
Research two agencies and develop a Summary, Analysis, and Application section based from the information provided below. Start your paper with a title page, correctly formatted per current APA style. Divide your paper into sections with the following Level One Subject Headings: Summary, Analysis, Application.
Summary (Knowledge of Agencies):
Provide a summary, introducing one agency at a time, how long the agency has been in operation, the funding of the agency, what clients are served in this agency, what and how services are provided and how services are paid for. Present the agencies in a way that sufficiently provides understanding of who they are and what they do. Key wording for this section is to describe the agencies, identify key aspects about the agencies, clearly defining the purpose of the agencies. (up to two pages – one page for each agency).
Analysis (Analysis of Agencies):
Provide a brief discussion regarding the services that you could provide, as a faith-based counselor, and the services that the agencies that you presented could provide. Does your work, combined with the community agency work, provide greater support for your clients? Why or why not? Provide full analytical discussion here. Think about how your client could be more fully served by receiving the agency support along with your faith-based counseling. Demonstrate some of the benefits of working in conjunction with other agencies. Produce suggestions of how you would work with the client/family, and the agencies. Be sure to include discussion of both agencies in this analysis. Key wording for this section is a compare and contrast, demonstrate, and produce ideas. (up to two pages).
Application (Application of Information Regarding the Agencies):
Discuss how you would go about collaborating with the agencies that you presented. What are some of the ethical concerns and steps that you will need to take? This goes beyond making a simple referral and sending the client on his or her way. How will you provide services to the client, and collaborate with the agencies you presented, for the continued benefit of your client? Key wording is construct a process, or formulate a plan, by which you would refer and interact with the agencies that you presented, to more fully benefit your client. Be sure to include both agencies in this discussion. Support your points with course materials, and outside sources as applicable (up to two pages.).
· Be sure to follow APA formatting for the document. Include a Title page, subject headings, and a Reference page.
· Include coverage of two agencies. (See assignment template).
· The review needs to include three sections: Summary, Analysis, Application.
· Each section needs to be up to two pages of discussion.
· The total document should not exceed six pages (not including title page and reference page).
· Be sure to provide the citations and references for the agencies. These will need to include the Web addresses (URL).
· Do not directly quote any material from the websites. Paraphrase ideas using your own wording. No directly quoted material is needed in this review.
Citations:
· APA guide, page 188, presents a sample website format for citations:
· Follow this pattern:
· http://www.apa
· This is going to be different based on if there is an http protocol, and how the agency provides its identifier in the URL. In general, provide the basic web address that will connect to agencies that you are presenting.
Reference:
· If there is an author noted as the writer of the information on the webpage that you are presenting from the website, See APA guide, page 212, example 61:
· Follow this pattern:
· Mitchell, S. D. (2000). The import of uncertainty. Retrieved from http://philsci-archive,pitt.edu/archive/00000162/
· If there is NO author, such that the Website is strictly presenting the agency, see APA guide, page 205, example 31:
· Follow this pattern:
· U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools (NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from http//www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lund/asthma/asth_sch.pdf
· Use the name of the agency that you are presenting, description page title, and web address.
