This assignment is designed to address learning content from Unit II: developing analytical skills regarding communities in relation to specific populations and their needs. In this paper you will focus on “Access to mental health services for Spanish Speaking residents of Smith County in Texas.” Prepare a 5 page paper covering the following:
1. Write a description of the population and an overview of the stated need.  Incorporate your previous research on the population and need through agency or personal interviews, web searches, and statically research.  This section should be guided by the frameworks in Netting, Kettner, McMurtry, & Thomas’ Chapters 3 and 4 . (about 2 pages)
          -Framework for engaging population Groups           -Framework for assessing community and organizational problems Examine the relationship between the need and the population within the focus community.  How common is the problem and what resources/ or lack of resources exist.  Why is the problem relevant to social work practice.  The analysis should be based on the frameworks in Netting, Kettner, McMurtry, & Thomas’ Chapter’s 5 and 6 regarding communities  . (about 2 pages)
          -Descriptive versus Prescriptive theory
          -Framework for Community Assessment
Conclude with a brief discussion of the general changes/intervention that need to be made so that the population can meet their needs, and identify the type of community system (e.g. mechanical, organismic, morphogenic, factional, catastrophic[1]). (about 1 pages)
  4.  Use the SWOT analysis  tool to give a visual of how you evaluated the population in relation to the stated problem/need.  This can be a one-page diagram or picture or bullet points.  This paper should be 5 pages in length (in addition to the title and reference pages) with one inch margins and 12 point font.  Please use the American Psychological Style Manual (APA) for complete and consistent referencing.
The Grading Criteria
                                                  Organization and Clarity of Writing Style Addresses the assignment in a focused, logical, consistent, and clear manner
Uses correct grammar, spelling, sentence and paragraph construction
Adequately addresses each part of the assignment
Uses appropriate scholarly references and data  Quality of Analysis
Ability to write analytically
Appropriate application of frameworks and tasks to the need, population and arena
Relate problem to social work values