FAMILY SCIENCE PAPER (100 points

FAMILY SCIENCE PAPER (100 points)

In your future career, it will be important that you are able to identify, evaluate, and discuss information related to family issues. To help you develop this skillset, you will write a 5-6 page literature review on an issue facing contemporary families. Included in this paper you should be the following information: 1) define the issue using at least three current resources, (2) describe how the issue affects individuals, families, and society as a whole, and (3) discuss at least three local and online resources, programs, or interventions available to families experiencing the issue. Within the second bullet, please include any relevant laws, policies, or proposed policies that might be in the dominant discourse of our country. When discussing any chosen policy, you will want to include the pros and cons of the current policy,and include suggestions on how to improve the current policy.

Papers must be written using APA format (12-point, double-spaced, Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins), and have a minimum of 6 academic citations cited in-text and in an APA format reference list at the end of your paper (not included in the page length requirement). Additional details about the paper assignment will be posted on Blackboard.