MSW-6003 v3

Tice, C., Long, D., & Cox, L. (2020). Macro social work practice: Advocacy in action. SAGE Publications, Inc.
Chapter 1: A Historical Perspective of Macro Practice and Advocacy
This chapter sets the context for the importance of macro practice from a historical perspective and how that influences modern day social work practice in communities and organizations.
Chapter 2: Contemporary Macro Practice Perspectives
This chapter provides good descriptions and applications of theories commonly used in macro social work practice.
Chapter 6: Exploring the Context of Communities and Community Practice
This chapter explores how communities are defined, the functions of communities, trends, and applying the advocacy practice and policy model to community practice. This chapter will help complete the first assignment, and in thinking about the questions to ask the community leader, you will be interviewing.

Tseng, M., Rojas, D., Hernandez, E., Espinoza-Kulick, M.A.V., Gilbert, I., Perez, M., Gonzalez, E., & Phelan, S. (2024). A mixed-methods community needs assessment of Santa Maria and Guadalupe, California. Discover Social Science and Health, 4, 69.
This article provides an example of needs assessments of two different communities and a comparison of those results. Though, like the stories from the census website, these assessments are more complex than what you will be doing in your first assignment.

Henrikson, R. & Bishop, D. (2024). Conducting a community-level needs assessment through dynamic engagement with stakeholders. Evaluation Review, 48(5), 848–864.
This article is an example of the type of needs assessment completed for formal research purposes.

Horan, H., Locke, E., & Bradley, L. J. (2024). A community-informed maternal and infant health needs assessment in Alabama. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 28(11), 1833–1839.
This reading provides insight into community-level needs assessment that focuses not only on the gathering of data but doing so by engaging community stakeholders.

Bureau, U. S. C. (n.d.). Explore census data. Explore census data.
Enter your zip code in the box to begin your search. Many different reports will come up; on the right column “Related Searches” list the most common searches/reports you will need for this assignment.

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025, April 9). Getting Started with your search on data.census.gov [Video]. YouTube.

You’ve already created PowerPoint presentations for previous courses. However, if you haven’t looked at this resource, you are strongly encouraged to do so. It provides very good information about how to create an effective presentation. Toward the bottom of the page, you will see a link to a resource on “Creating Powerful PowerPoint Presentations.” Please take the time to review both of these resources.