SWO 4322 & SWO 5322 - Social Policy for Social Work Practice

"Capital Research Center conceived of this project after identifying a need for more fact-based, accurate descriptions of all of the various influencers of public policy issues. Many so-called “watchdog” groups are instead opponents of the outlets they are watching. Armed with 30-years of research and data on advocacy organizations, foundations, and donors, CRC utilizes a universe of well-trained contributors to help build the individual and organizational profiles that populate the website."

"LID helps watchdogs turn a mountain of text into digestible insights about the origin and diffusion of policy ideas and the real influence of various lobbying organizations."

An initiative of the Pew Charitable Trust. Provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy. Focuses on fiscal and economic issues, health care, demographics, and the business of government.

"GovTrack.us began in 2004 as a project to use technology to make the U.S. Congress more open and accessible. Today we’re the leading non-governmental source of legislative information and statistics."

Harvard's Kennedy School's Google custom search of more than 1200 think tanks and research centers.

"USAspending now has spending data from federal agencies related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and other COVID-19 appropriations."