Subject(s): Social problems -- Public welfare administration -- United States -- Creating the context for social policy analysis- social problem context , analyzing the social problem background of social polices and social programs -- Style of policy analysis for the practical public policy analyst : Overview of a style of policy analysis - value critical approach, six fundamental policy elements, analysis of policy goals and objectives in social programs and policies, value critical approach, social problem analysis, analysis of types of benefits and services, who gets what, how much, and under what conditions- analysis of eligibility rules, types of eligibility rules, trade-offs in evaluating the merit of eligibility rules, underutilization, analysis of service-delivery systems and social policy and program design, social policy and program design, some different types of administration and delivery of social service programs, benefits and services, privatization of service delivery, criteria for evaluating program administration and service delivery -- How do we pay for social welfare policies and programs- analysis of financing, private marketplace, private funding, employee benefit funding, social insurence as a publicly mandated funding approach, public/ government funding, privatization revolution, analysis of interactions among policy elements -- Analysis of social policies and social programs using basic concepts and evaluation criteria, examples of social policy and social program analysis- selected features of federal child welfare legislation since 1970 concerned with child abuse, social problem context, judicial context, social program and policy system