York College
The City University of New York
SW 203 Social Work Programs and Policy
Homework Assignment # 1
Visit the Influencing State
Policy (ISP) web site (www.statepolicy.org) to complete this assignment. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the mission
of ISP?
2. When does New York
State Governor PatakiÕs term in office end?
3. What is Governor
PatakiÕs annual salary?
4. In
1996, what was the dollar amount of public spending, per-inmate, in New York
State prisons?
5. In
1999, what was the rate of violent crime, per 100,000 residents, in New York
State?
a. Did this number increase or decrease since 1997?
Increase Decrease
6. In
the year 2000 what was the New York State median household income?
7. In
the year 1999 what percentage of people in New York State were living in
poverty?
a.
Did this number increase
or decrease since 1997?
Increase Decrease
8. What
were the year 2000 New York State population rates for each of the following?
a.
American Indian Eskimo
and Aleut ________
b.
Asian and Pacific
Islander ________
c.
Black ________
d.
Hispanic ________
e.
White ________
f.
Multiracial ________
9. Does New York State
have capital punishment at this time? Yes No
10. How many executions have
occurred since 1976?
11. How many Democrats/Republicans
are in the:
a. House Democrats ________ Republicans _______
b. Senate Democrats ________ Senate _______
12. List 3 links to Welfare Reform related information:
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13. Who is the faculty liaison to
the York College Social Work Program for ISP?