Social Services Lobbyists

Social lobbyists seek to obtain the support of many individuals along with politicians. The social lobbyists gather ideas and resources needed for the human services and then seeks to persuade and gather supporters. A social lobbyist as a social advocate is very important. The reason for this is that the lobbyist actually experiences the resources and knows what can be implemented for improvement. The responsibility of a lobbyist is extensive and consists of numerous tasks. Social advocates are courageous people who attain good analytical skills. Social advocates stand for what they believe in, and they lobby for people who are exploited, underprivileged, and destitute. There are different types of social advocates who lobby for what they believe in, such as human rights activist, environmentalists, revolutionary leader, and social workers. Social workers are huge social advocates; they lobby for political and social actions that help clients have equal access to employment, and services. Social workers lobby for county programs, local human rights commissions, and state agencies, such as those providing food stamps, Medicaid, and vocational rehabilitation. On the federal side social workers lobby for Social Security Administration, Department of Health and Human services, United States Department of Justice, and the president of the United States. Social workers positions as lobbyists effect social policy changes through changing laws, budgets, rules, and policies. Social workers help change policies locally, federally, or in the state he or she works in. Social workers want to ensure economic and social justice in society, so everyone despite his or her socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, or religion will have the chance to attain success for his or her family and themselves (Pearson, nd).
Human services’ have multiple way of obtaining dollars to provide services to the public. The dollars acquired can come from sponsors, donations, for federal funding. The human services are typically a nonprofit organization whose dollars are acquired from other individuals, organizations, communities, or government who support the nonprofit human services. Human services work hard to acquire as much dollars for their program as possible. Human services focus on their beliefs of providing and extensive resources to the public in need. With that they portray their goals and advice the sponsors on the importance of their contribution and moral support. The role that the dollars play falls back to being used to expand resources and human services offered. The role of the dollars is very important because without them the human services would not be able to offer the resources currently offered. There are several issues that one can lobby for to see a change go their way. There are lobbyists who will help a candidate gain more votes in hopes that his or her voice and concerns over an issue will be heard and implemented. A person who will fight for what he or she believes in, and get the attention of the candidates who are in the position and have the power to either make the decision is a vital partnership for lobbyists and special interests. Lobbyists have several different strategies to make their voice heard and to influence. For the lobbyist who cannot provide monetary gain for a candidate or an elected official, they can write letters make phone calls or do what they legally can to get attention so they can have a platform to voice their interest. Other lobbyists can purchase indirectly one on one time with the candidates or elected officials by contributing to the campaign. With these being the most commonly practice strategies, one can only ask themselves if the lobbyist is someone who is a policy changer or a funding advocate. One can argue that a lobbyist is a policy changer, although there are actions that lobbyist make that can lead someone to believe that the policy’s the lobbyist is fighting for is implemented or upheld because of their financial contribution. Understandably, there are people who will lobby, and they contribute a large amount of money to the right people. There are lobbyists who have that type of funding available and can contribute generously to the change. Others will count of people speaking about it, writing about it and trying to gain as much publicity as possible, while spending little or nothing at all. If there is someone who can purchase a very expensive ticket to be a part of a dinner or fundraiser, he or she is more likely to be heard then someone who cannot afford it. Unfortunately, elected officials want to be in office, and there are those who will highly contribute and help a candidate gain more votes, if their policies benefit the contributor. The vision for the future of human service industry will be confronted with greater challenges over the years. The services provided and funded for programs such as food stamps, medical cards, and childcare services are becoming limited by the day. Because the economy has taken such a downfall over the years it is limiting the systems and the funding, which are provided by the work the government has set in place. If the systems and the funding continue to meet the need of the human services industry there will be a decrease and provided less funding for The Cities and states of the United States. Human’s services have been around for years. The demand has become greater in areas, such as counseling and the mental health and wellness. Because medical technology has improved people are living longer. People are living longer the economy will have to maintain human services through the years. As a society our government is finding ways to provide less to those in need. Creating a strategy based upon the things that do not change, such as the core values of the system like counseling, mediator, and the continually need of the advocacy. These services will always be needed to assist in numerous areas of individual’s life and assist the clients and the court systems thorough difficult situations.