Policy Brief Assignment

In writing this Policy Brief, assume the following information:
You are an intern with the Tacoma Public Health Department;
Your supervisor at the Tacoma Public Health Department wants to get the word out about the Too Good to Waste Challenge;
Your supervisor has a working relationship with Barbara Thomas, a Tacoma City Council Member;
Council Member Thomas has agreed to discuss the Too Good to Waste Challenge and encourage all the Tacoma City Council Members to participate in the Too Good to Waste Challenge;
City Council Member has asked for a one-page, APA formatted Policy Brief that she can use to explain the problem of food waste and the benefits of participating in the Too Good to Waste Challenge;
Your supervisor has asked you to write this Policy Brief for Council Member Thomas;
Knowing that you are graduating shortly and hoping to find a job in Tacoma, you want to impress your supervisor at the Tacoma Public Health Department, as well as City Council Member Thomas by writing an informative and persuasive Policy Brief; and
To assist you in writing the Policy Brief, your supervisor has given you the following links for information:
The webpage for the City of Tacoma Washington explaining the Too Good to Waste Challenge, Preventing Wasted Food (https://www.cityoftacoma.org/government/city_departments/environmentalservices/solid_waste/waste_free_253/preventing_wasted_food.); (this page does take about a minute to load)
The pdf from the City of Tacoma, What’s the Problem with Wasted Food (https://cms.cityoftacoma.org/Sustainability/Whats_the_Problem_with_Wasted_Food.pdf;
The pdf from the City of Tacoma, Instruction for the Too Good to Waste Challenge (https://cms.cityoftacoma.org/Sustainability/Challenge_Instructions_Worksheet.pdf.).

This policy brief should:

Be one page or less;
Use APA format for spacing, font, citations, and a list of reference;
Use third-person perspective;
Use only the information from the above sources;
Have no grammar or sentence structure issues; and
Use the organizational structure and information on writing a Policy Brief from the Boston University School of Public Health Writing Guide
No images should be used for this assignment.

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