Macro Terms Flashcards
A social work ethical principle that involves working toward everyone having the same economic, political, and social rights, protections, and opportunities.
Social Justice
A committee responsible for significant decisions and direction within an organization.
Board of Directors
The process of improving an individual or organization’s abilities, skills, processes, and resources in order to expand, grow, and fulfill it’s mission.
Capacity Building
A coalition brings together people/groups/factions/political parties that join their resources and manpower to work towards a specific change/goal that individually they would be unable to achieve.
Coalition
A task force is any group or organization that is assembled for or assigned to complete a specific task.
Task Force
Involves engaging with and empowering members of a community to address a common problem and bring about positive change within the community.
Community Organizing
Planning, development, and execution of a new program or service to meet an umet need.
Program Development
Evalution of a program’s effectiveness. Data gathered from an evlaution can be used to improve the services program delivers.
Program Evaluation
Understanding what led to the creation and implementtion of a policy and how it will impact various people and communities.
Policy Analysis
Small group of people to gather opinions, ideas, and beliefs on a particular subject.
Focus Group
Assessing an agency or organization’s ability to carry out a particular task.
Feasibility Study
An Independent agency of the US federal government that administers Social Security
Social Security Administration
A non-profit tax-exempt organization
501 c(3)
A lobbying organization.
501 c(4)
A political action committee (PAC).
501 c(5)
