LOBBYING PLAN

In this assignment, you will develop a lobbying plan for a specific behavioral health issue that addresses access and equity concerns. You are encouraged to select one of the issues you identified in your Week 2 Advocating to Improve Quality assignment. Be sure to select an issue different from the issue you wrote about in your Week 5 Role of an Advocate discussion forum.

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In addition, research at least 8 scholarly sources to support your points. At least six of the sources must be peer-reviewed journal articles or chapters in a scholarly book published in the last five years. Blogs and sources listed as “credible” in the Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table but are not peer-reviewed journal articles or scholarly books may not be used. Review the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s resources APA: Formatting Your References List. and APA: Citing Within Your Paper. for guidance on correct APA formatting.
In your paper, structure your lobbying plan following this standard outline incorporating appropriate heading levels:
Cover letter(300–500 words). Your cover letter introduces you and the issue of concern to your state representative. For the first part of the assignment, you may use any appropriate cover letter or business letter template that your word processing software (e.g., Microsoft Word) likely offers for free. It is important to keep the format simple and free from distracting borders, images, and designs. Your letter must include the following:
Compose a personal introduction, including any professional credentials to establish you as credible and relevant background information to establish rapport with your representative.
Summarize the issue, including what you would like to happen. The issue must identify a specific behavioral health issue that addresses access and equity concerns.
Conclude the cover letter with a request for an appointment with the representative to discuss the issue further.
Introduction (Level 1 Heading; 500–1,000 words): Compose an introduction to your lobbying plan, including an introductory paragraph, followed by two subsections.
Setting (Level 2 Heading): Describe the setting and context to create a logical foundation for your lobbying plan. Include relevant population demographics, socioeconomic statistics, behavioral health statistics, etc., to support your case for the access and equity concerns.
Objectives (Level 2 Heading): Summarize the objectives of your plan. The objectives must be measurable and clearly relevant to your identified behavioral health issue and access and equity concerns.
Argument (Level 1 Heading; 750–1,500 words). Compose an argument section, including an opening paragraph to provide context for the following three subsections.
Findings (Level 2 Heading): Summarize relevant research supporting your concerns for the issue you identified and the specific areas that need to be addressed.

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Current actions (Level 2 Heading): Analyze the current status of actions being taken in professional and legislative areas to address your concerns in the Findings section. Include commentary on the efficacy of these actions, citing relevant research where available or describing the specific research needs if research is not available.
SWOT analysis (Level 2 Heading): Construct an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of an area relevant to the issue you identified. The scope of your SWOT analysis will vary depending on the issue and the specific access and equity concerns you seek to address. Be sure to justify your analysis with scholarly evidence.
Actions (Level 1 Heading; 350–700 words): Present the actions or legislative changes you are advocating for to resolve the issue or improve outcomes for the populations needing advocacy. Follow the discussion of specific actions or legislative changes with the following three subsections.
Resources needed (Level 2 Heading):Explain the resources needed to execute the plan.
Impacts (Level 2 Heading):Analyze how executing this plan will provide improved behavioral health services and address the access and equity concerns you identified.
Outcomes (Level 2 Heading):Compose descriptions of measurable outcomes you recommend using as the metrics for ongoing plan evaluations.
Conclusions(Level 1 Heading; 300–700 words). Compose a conclusions section that summarizes key takeaways and includes a call to action.
References: Create a references page following APA format by the instructions in the next section.
The Lobbying Plan paper
must be 5 to 7 single-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word resource.
must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
student’s name
name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course name and number
instructor’s name
due date
must utilize academic voice.
Review the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
must use at least 8 scholarly sources. At least 6 of the sources must be peer-reviewed journal articles or chapters in a scholarly book published in the last five years.The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review this Quick and Easy Library Research. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper. guide.
must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.

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Refer to the APA: Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for specifications.