Description
PART 1—
Your Tasks
For this assignment you will be placing yourself in the position of someone who is wanting to enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Task 1
First, you will create a fictional applicant. You will need to consider the following before trying to go through the enrollment process:
Number of individuals in the household, including children, spouses, and elderly parents.
Whether the applicant is enrolled in any other supplemental services or is receiving other financial support.
Citizen status
Job status/annual income
Task 2
You will be comparing SNAP enrollment pages for 2 different US states. One of the states must be California. Once you have decided on the other state, go to their enrollment pages [you will be finding this on your own…after all, most people don’t have an instructor telling them what to do ;)].
Task 3
Begin the SNAP enrollment process. Make sure to keep track of what answers you put for each question asked.
**IMPORTANT** Stop when you get to the “Tell us about yourself section”. We are not creating a real account for this assignment!!!
Task 4
Answer the following reflection questions for this assignment (point values included in bold):
How easy or difficult was it to find the enrollment page in each state? 5 points
How easy or difficult was it to enroll for SNAP benefits in each state? Consider factors such as health and computer literacy. 5 points
In your opinion, would you recommend someone enrolling online in each of these states? Why or why not? 5 points
Describe any other thoughts that you had as you were completing the enrollment process. 5 points
PART 2—
Your Tasks
Task 1- Read
First, you will need to read the opinion article “The Upside of Income Inequality” by Gary Becker and Kevin M. Murphy.
Task 2- Original Post
Next, you will need to create your discussion post. Your post must address the following (point values indicated in bold):
What were the author’s main ideas regarding income inequality? 2 points
What do you think the article did well when talking about income inequality? 3 points
What information do you think they should have included? If you do not think that they missed any information, explain why. 3 points
What was your overall impression of the article? Did you agree with their views? Why or why not? 4 points
Given what we have learned in this unit, what is one thing that you think would help lessen income and/or educational inequality? Why? 4 points
Post must be a minimum of 250 words. 2 points
Include at least 1 outside reference, cited in APA format. This reference needs to be cited both in-text and at the end of the post in a reference list. 2 points
How to cite the above article (feel free to copy and paste ?):
In-text citation-
Reference list citation-
Becker G., & Murphy K.M. (2007, May 7). The upside of income inequality. American Enterprise Institute. https://www.aei.org/articles/the-upside-of-income-.