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This course will focus on the policies that frame human service programs and the methods that are used to deliver them. Course content focuses specifically on child welfare and provides an opportunity for students to study why it is so hard to get good work done by government for vulnerable populations. Students will be given the opportunity to review the challenges of implementing programs and reforms in government and to consider the impact human services have on the population served. This unique course is taught by Professor Tierney, who spent 25 years in the public sector in Chicago, DC and most recently at the helm of the social services agency in Baltimore.