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Jennifer E Mosley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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recognizing new opportunities reconceptualizing Policy Advocacy in everyday organizational practice
Social Work, 2013Co-Authors: Jennifer E MosleyAbstract:The long relationship between social work and Policy Advocacy is well known. From the pioneering work of Jane Addams and her contemporaries in the early 20th century, to the rise of community organizing in the 1960s, to the current popularity of student and professional lobby days, Advocacy is clearly part of social work's professional identity (Hoefer, 2006; Schneider & Lester, 2001). Unfortunately, despite the importance of Policy Advocacy to the profession, there are serious knowledge gaps about how rapidly changing political and institutional arrangements may be reshaping its nature and content, for example, how Policy Advocacy is carried out by nonprofit service providers and what is advocated for. These political and institutional shifts include increased dependence on government funds in the social service sector, reduced administrative capacity in state and local government, and a growth in opportunities to collaborate with government officials. These changes in the Policy environment, partially a result of 30 years of privatization and devolution, coincide with a sharp rise in a market-based service provision ideology since the 1980s. This ideology has shifted the way that social rights are construed, how human service nonprofits interact with government, and how social services are delivered (Hasenfeld & Garrow, 2012). Whereas social workers and the human service nonprofits they work for are involved in many kinds of Advocacy, this article focuses specifically on Policy Advocacy. Policy Advocacy is Advocacy that is directed at changing policies or regulations that affect practice or group well-being. Policy Advocacy is distinct from case or client Advocacy, which is Advocacy on behalf of families and individuals (Litzelfelner & Petr, 1997). Thus, for the sake of simplicity, when the word Advocacy is used in this article, it can be assumed to mean Policy Advocacy, unless otherwise specified. A burgeoning new field of research gives reason to believe that changes in the organizational and political context have opened up new spaces for Policy Advocacy, giving social workers more opportunities to engage in this type of Advocacy as part of their everyday practice. However, these new opportunities also come with an increased risk of co-optation and potential loss of focus on political equality and client needs. Social work scholars frequently express the profession's commitment to Advocacy practice, for example, in textbooks or as a research implication. There remains, however, a strong need for empirical evidence about how that commitment is currently being carried out and how the aforementioned changes in the Policy environment may influence Advocacy practice. Without greater attention to the organizational and political environment in which Advocacy now takes place, it is impossible to fully understand the constraints and incentives that exist for potential advocates, how Advocacy work can best be facilitated, or how it can be made more effective. This article presents recent evidence on these trends while pointing out where knowledge still needs to be developed. For example, to strengthen Advocacy involvement, more needs to be known about the organizational context of Advocacy, rather than just individual involvement. This includes constraints and motivations for nonprofit service providers, as well as issues such as resource limitations and the role of government funding (Donaldson, 2007; Mosley, 2010). Scholars also need to further explore the growing use of insider tactics (Carnochan & Austin, 2011), how Policymakers perceive social work advocates (Hoefer, 2005), and the implications of a changed relationship between service providers and government (Jackson-Elmoore, 2005). The purpose of this article is to highlight emerging trends in the Policy environment that have reshaped the opportunity structure for Policy Advocacy, suggesting new areas for research and ways in which Advocacy can be usefully reconceptualized for 21st century realities. …
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the beliefs of homeless service managers about Policy Advocacy definitions legal understanding and motivations to participate
Administration in Social Work, 2013Co-Authors: Jennifer E MosleyAbstract:Policy Advocacy involvement by human service providers is important to help protect vital services and government funding streams, but for many organizations participation is limited. Meanwhile, scholars know little about managers' beliefs about Advocacy, compromising our ability to create effective interventions. Using qualitative data from homeless service providers, this article investigates what holds nonprofit managers back from greater Advocacy involvement. Findings indicate that managers have a broader working definition of Advocacy than is generally found in research and limited understanding of the legal regulations. Belief in the organizational and mission-related utility of Advocacy was more important for helping managers overcome capacity-related barriers than a social justice orientation.
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institutionalization privatization and political opportunity what tactical choices reveal about the Policy Advocacy of human service nonprofits
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2011Co-Authors: Jennifer E MosleyAbstract:Although awareness of the involvement of human service nonprofits (HSNPs) in Policy Advocacy has grown, scholars continue to know little about how they actually carry out their Advocacy work. This study uses a large, representative survey of HSNPs to answer two primary research questions: First, what kinds of Advocacy tactics do HSNPs participate in most frequently? Second, does reliance on government funding and greater institutionalization, both pervasive trends among HSNPs, affect the choices they make when it comes to the tactics they engage in? Findings indicate that HSNPs are involved in a wide range of Advocacy tactics, but that together the field-level trends of institutionalization and privatization may be increasing political opportunity for HSNPs, leading to tactical choices similar to those of interest groups. Increased institutionalization and dependence on government funding are associated with using a wider variety of tactics overall and increased use of insider tactics in particular.
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Nonprofit Agencies in Public Child Welfare: Their Role and Involvement in Policy Advocacy
Journal of Public Child Welfare, 2011Co-Authors: Jennifer E MosleyAbstract:Growth in privatization has made human service nonprofit organizations increasingly important providers of public child welfare services. Policy Advocacy is a key tool that these organizations can use to communicate their unique on-the-ground experience to lawmakers, potentially improving Policy and strengthening services for at-risk children and families. However, little is known about the degree to which they participate in Advocacy or the ways in which they are involved. This research uses large-scale survey data to investigate the percentage of nonprofit child welfare agencies participating in Advocacy, as well as how they involve staff and volunteers and the types of Advocacy tactics they use. Results indicate that nonprofit child welfare agencies are less likely to advocate and less likely to involve volunteers in Advocacy than other types of nonprofit human service providers. However, the nonprofit child welfare agencies that are involved have high rates of participation in a variety of sophisticat...
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organizational resources and environmental incentives understanding the Policy Advocacy involvement of human service nonprofits
Social Service Review, 2010Co-Authors: Jennifer E MosleyAbstract:Participation in Policy Advocacy by human service nonprofits has the potential to both strategically position organizations in their environment and promote client well‐being. Despite these possible benefits, however, many human service nonprofits do not engage in Policy Advocacy. This article helps explain why, by placing Advocacy involvement in a broad theoretical context and providing evidence on the factors that best explain involvement. It presents a new conceptual framework that employs both resource mobilization theory and resource dependency theory to outline why a variety of organizational resources and environmental incentives may influence participation. That framework is assessed using large‐scale survey data. Results suggest that Advocacy is most common among organizations that have already achieved some success, as evidenced by having relatively large size, professional leadership, strong collaborative ties, use of e‐mail, and high levels of government funding. Overall, Advocacy is found to ...
Robert T Lackey - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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science scientists and Policy Advocacy
Conservation Biology, 2007Co-Authors: Robert T LackeyAbstract:I am concerned that we scientists in conservation biology, ecology, natural resources, environmental science, and similar disciplines are collectively slipping into a morass that risks marginalizing the contribution of science to public Policy. Advocating personal positions on ecological Policy issues has become widely tolerated as acceptable professional behavior and is even encouraged by a substantial fraction of the scientific community (Marris 2006; Scott et al. 2007). Scientists are uniquely qualified to participate in public Policy deliberations and they should, but advocating for their Policy preferences is not appropriate. Despite an extensive debate in the literature on the proper role of science and scientists in Policy deliberations, points of general agreement and specific differences often get lost amid the semantic confusion caused by inconsistent definitions for key words or concepts (Trudgill 2001). Table 1 provides the precise definitions I have used throughout this essay. Those of us who provide scientific information to decision makers and the public should strive to be more vigilant, precise, demanding, and rigorous in distinguishing between Policy-neutral and Policy-inculcated scientific information. Science is only one element of the complex deliberations over major ecological Policy questions that take place in a democracy, but science is critical, and scientists can and do play an important role (Sarewitz 2004; Lackey 2006). My unequivocal overall view on the role of scientists in ecological Policy and management is, first, that scientists should contribute to the Policy process. This is not only the right thing to do, but we are also obligated to do so, especially if our work is funded by public resources. I do not hold with the notion that it is sufficient for scientists to publish their findings solely as scholarly papers. The assertion that scientists should be involved in providing
Judith Read Guernsey - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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priority setting and Policy Advocacy by nursing associations a scoping review and implications using a socio ecological whole systems lens
Health Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Joanne Macdonald, Nancy Edwards, Barbara Davies, Patricia Beryl Marck, Judith Read GuernseyAbstract:We undertook an interpretative scoping review to examine organizational priority setting and Policy Advocacy and the factors that influence nursing associations’ cross-sector public Policy choices and actions.
Alice B Gates - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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no one will speak for us empowering undocumented immigrant women through Policy Advocacy
Journal of Community Practice, 2017Co-Authors: Alice B GatesAbstract:ABSTRACTThis article draws on data from an exploratory study involving an organized group of Mexican immigrant mothers engaged in community-based Policy Advocacy in the Pacific Northwest. Participants in the project lobbied state legislators on bills expanding the rights of undocumented immigrants—most notably, bills granting access to in-state tuition and driver’s licenses. In-depth interviews (n=12) reveal that through this process, participants came to see themselves as political subjects, despite their unauthorized legal status. Findings reveal that participants’ engagement in the Policy process is centered on the idea of expressing needs and reflects their interest in improving individual, family, and community well-being. In this sense, their participation in politics flows from their roles as mothers and caregivers. By illuminating the experiences of a group—undocumented immigrant women—often overlooked in research on immigration Policy and practice, this case offers a counter-narrative to the domi...
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“No One Will Speak for Us”: Empowering Undocumented Immigrant Women Through Policy Advocacy
Journal of Community Practice, 2017Co-Authors: Alice B GatesAbstract:ABSTRACTThis article draws on data from an exploratory study involving an organized group of Mexican immigrant mothers engaged in community-based Policy Advocacy in the Pacific Northwest. Participants in the project lobbied state legislators on bills expanding the rights of undocumented immigrants—most notably, bills granting access to in-state tuition and driver’s licenses. In-depth interviews (n=12) reveal that through this process, participants came to see themselves as political subjects, despite their unauthorized legal status. Findings reveal that participants’ engagement in the Policy process is centered on the idea of expressing needs and reflects their interest in improving individual, family, and community well-being. In this sense, their participation in politics flows from their roles as mothers and caregivers. By illuminating the experiences of a group—undocumented immigrant women—often overlooked in research on immigration Policy and practice, this case offers a counter-narrative to the domi...
Katrina Velasquez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the second wave of public Policy Advocacy for eating disorders charting the course to maximize population impact
Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2019Co-Authors: Bryn S Austin, Rebecca Hutcheson, Shalini Wickramatilaketempleman, Katrina VelasquezAbstract:: Over the past decade, a first wave of US public Policy Advocacy for eating disorders made substantial progress, with passage of the federal 21st Century Cures Act in 2016 as its crowning achievement. However, the US response to eating disorders continues to fall short in several ways. On the cusp of a second wave of Policy Advocacy, efforts must be broadened to target structural determinants of illness and inequities to maximize clinical impact and diminish suffering. Mental health clinicians, patients, and their families will be essential players in public Policy Advocacy efforts in this regard.
