HSVC 213 — Health & Human Services Policy
This course traces current health and human service programs and policies from their historical origins and provides an overview of the process of policy development, implementation, and analysis. Students develop an understanding of the connections between social problems faced by the diverse residents of New York City communities, their varying causative explanations, and the health care and human services policies that are intended to address those problems. The course examines how policies are shaped within the context of the political process. Federal, state, and local programs, such as TANF, Medicare and Medicaid, and Social Security are explored in the context of the problems they address and the impact they have on the populations served - all from the very important perspective of the human service provider.