Sociology and Social Work   Tags: social work, socology  

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AARP PPI intends to inform and stimulate public debate on issues Americans face as they age.

The Center conducts research and analysis to help shape public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that policymakers consider the needs of low-income families and individuals in these debates.

Develops and advocate for federal, state and local policies to strengthen families and create pathways to education and work.

The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories.

The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization.

Sponsored by the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy,a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, whose mission is to increase government effectiveness through rigorous evidence about “what works.”

"Nonpartisan and nonprofit, Public Agenda was founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in 1975. Public Agenda's two-fold mission is to help:
* American leaders better understand the public's point of view.
* Citizens know more about critical policy issues so they can make thoughtful, informed decisions."

"The Social Work Policy Institute examines issues that relate to the work of social workers, including how to serve people who have multiple or complex needs and how public agencies and other structures deliver health and human services."

The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on policy development, and is responsible for major activities in policy coordination, legislation development, strategic planning, policy research, evaluation, and economic analysis.