| SWRK 247 |
Dr. Hardina |
Download data related to your own community or the community served by your field agency using American Factfinder at http://www.census.gov.
Part I: Answer the following questions:
How many people live in the community?
What percentage are female?
What percentage of the residents are Latino, African American, or Asian?
What percentage of the residents have incomes below the poverty line?
Part II
Use the Internet to find information about specific demographic groups or geographic areas on Federal government Web sites or from national or state advocacy groups.
Use the following resources to find data:
Needs Assessment Resources (p. 157 of your textbook – Hardina, 2002)
Federal Agencies, State and Local Government, Legislative Information, Social Work Advocacy (pp. 194-195 of the textbook)
National Issue Analysis (p. 221 of your textbook)
State of California Agencies
| California Department of Education | http://www.cde.ca.gov |
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California Employment Development Department (includes data on unemployment rates) |
http://www.edd.cahwnet.gov |
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California Department of Finance (Includes population estimates and some U.S. Census data) |
http://www.dof.ca.gov |
| California Department of Health | http://www.dhs.cahwnet.gov |
| California Department of Social Services | http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/default.htm |
| California State Assembly | http://www.assembly.ca.gov/defaulttext.asp |
| California State Senate | http://www.sen.ca.gov |
| California Legislative Analyst |
http://www.lao.ca.gov/ |
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See
Index of State Agencies for |
http://www.ca.gov |
| California State Association of Counties | http://www.csac.counties.org |
| NASW, California Chapter: |