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HCS 455 Week 3 Policy Process I NOTE: For all assignments, run your
paper through the plagiarism checker prior to submitting the assignment
or the post. If you are writing a post for submission, copy and paste your
text of your post into a word document, and submit the Word Document
to the plagiarism checker. ALL instances of plagiarism will be reported
as an academic violation, whether they are “intentional” or
“unintentional.” You will be assigned a stage of the policy process.
Based on your assigned stage, complete the assigned worksheet. You
will use the policy you chose during week 2 to help you think through
the policy process. You must answer each question thoroughly. Below
are detailed instructions regarding what you need to cover for each
stage. Remember, you are only assigned one stage. This assignment
requires the use of three sources, one of which must be the course text,
Longest (2016). Your worksheet must include APA-formatted citations,
and you must list references at the end of the worksheet. Content
requirements for policy process stages: Formulation: Define policy
formulation–how does a topic become part of the policy agenda and
become proposed as a policy? Explain the process to formulate your
policy, including the events that led to the policy proposal, the
involvement of stakeholders and the role of special interest groups in
this stage. Legislative Stage: Define the legislative stage. Include an
explanation of how the legislative body debates policies and approves
policies; the role of committees, the role of the executive branch as
relevant to your policy’s legislative process, and the way that
stakeholder voices are heard in this stage. Implementation: define
implementation and explain how public policies are put into action.
Discuss how your policy was put into place. Identify the accountable
parties–agencies, state or federal departments, etc.– and their roles in the
implementation of your policy. Evaluation/Analysis: Discuss how a
policy is evaluated and analyzed. Differentiate between evaluation and