The Jones family has been facing problems. Mr. Jones lost his job and has been unable to find another one. The job loss has caused his family to lose their health insurance coverage. Mrs. Jones is working double shifts at her job to pay their bills, but they have still fallen behind. The Joneses have three small children and live far away from family members. They only recently moved to the area and have not made many friends. Mr. Jones finds it difficult to search for a job while also taking care of their children. One night, after he had been drinking alcohol, Mr. Jones yelled at the children and lost his temper. A neighbor overheard him and called Child Welfare Services to let them know of his/her concern. Determine the family challenges and appropriate advocacy strategies needed to help the family. Write a 400-500 word response describing the challenges and advocacy strategies. What are the challenges that the family faces? Why might they face these challenges? What advocacy strategies are required to protect the children and help the family? What does it take to be a great social worker? What would you do as the social worker in this situation?

Recently, verizon wireless ran a pricing trial in order to estimate the elasticity of demand for its services. the manager selected three states that were representative of its entire service area and increased prices by 5 percent to customers in those areas. one week later, the number of customers enrolled in verizon's cellular plans declined 4 percent in those states, while enrollments in states where prices were not increased remained flat. the manager used this information to estimate the own-price elasticity of demand and, based on her findings, immediately increased prices in all market areas by 5 percent in an attempt to boost the company's 2016 annual revenues. one year later, the manager was perplexed because verizon's 2016 annual revenues were 10 percent lower than those in 2015"the price increase apparently led to a reduction in the company's revenues. did the manager make an error? yes - the one-week measures show demand is inelastic, so a price increase will decrease revenues. yes - the one-week measures show demand is elastic, so a price increase will reduce revenues. yes - cell phone elasticity is likely much larger in the long-run than the short-run. no - the cell phone market must have changed between 2011 and 2012 for this price increase to lower revenues.

Sarah salesrep is brand new to her job selling "lifetime" printers that never need replacement ink cartridges. the problem is that these printers cost ten times more than a regular printer, so it is difficult to get prospective buyers to understand the cost savings of buying it. to break through the barrier and begin making sales, sarah should use a analysis that highlights her printer's lower cost.

Who is not spending wisely? erika goes shopping and saves her receipts. she totals how much she spent and writes it down. mia needs to buy a new pair of shoes because she joined the soccer team. she looks at newspaper ads to find the best price. lauren has been thinking about getting a puppy for a long time. she walks by the pet store at the mall and decides to get a puppy. erin makes a purchase online using a credit card. she knows that she can pay the entire bill when it arrives.