The case example of an assessment of organizational or community change potential using the PREPARE process addressed in the text involving Spiro and Farica concerns the problem of:
A) Client home visit policy
B) Effectiveness of treatment methods
C) Not enough staff to meet clients' needs
D) Salary reductions
Park and Gordon both argued that racism will inevitably disappear in the process of
A) acceptance.
B) assimilation.
C) education.
D) economic growth.
The______ is the detailed blueprint for how to go about achieving the desired macro change.
A) Action plan
B) Action system
C) Innovation proposal
D) Change agent
On average, African American households have lower median incomes and higher rates of poverty. This can be attributed to
A) household composition.
B) greater number of female-headed households than other groups in U.S.
C) reduced life expectancy which translates into lower lifetime Social Security benefits.
D) all of these.
Problematic agency policies may involve:
A) Reinforcing goal displacement
B) Requiring undue paperwork on the part of clients
C) Workload requirements
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
In the 2000 Census, the number of Americans identified as American Indian/Alaskan Native increased by 25 over 1990 figures. This can be attributed to
A) the use of Native American people to collect data.
B) new categories that allowed people to report mixed ethnicity.
C) outreach efforts on reservations.
D) all of these.
Which of the following is (are) true about agency policies?
A) They dictate what should and should not be done within the agency setting.
B) They are always formal in that they are written down and clearly specified often in a policy manual.
C) They provide both internal operation and provision of services to clients.
D) All of the above
E) a and c only
According to the recent census, which ethnic group has the lowest household income in the U.S.?
A) Asian/Pacific Islander
B) White, non-Hispanic
C) Hispanic
D) African American
Which of the following is (are) true?
A) Service projects involve short-term endeavors aimed at specific ends that support some other agency activity.
B) Support projects are those that address needs or issues requiring some new, innovative, or untried approach.
C) Both of the above
D) Neither of the above
According to the recent census, which ethnic group has the highest household income in the U.S.?
A) Asian/Pacific Islander
B) American Indian
C) Hispanic
D) African American