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Author : Hilary Curley
Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
ISBN 13 : 190548531X
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Finding Your Way Around Poverty, Welfare and Family Policy written by Hilary Curley and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 2007 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309483980
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a well-functioning and prosperous society, yet America's future is not as secure as it could be because millions of American children live in families with incomes below the poverty line. A wealth of evidence suggests that a lack of adequate economic resources for families with children compromises these children's ability to grow and achieve adult success, hurting them and the broader society. A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty reviews the research on linkages between child poverty and child well-being, and analyzes the poverty-reducing effects of major assistance programs directed at children and families. This report also provides policy and program recommendations for reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.
Author : Hilary Curley
Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
ISBN 13 : 1905485212
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Finding Your Way Around the Budget written by Hilary Curley and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hilary Curley
Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
ISBN 13 : 1905485204
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Finding Your Way Around Local Government written by Hilary Curley and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 2006 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Evaluation of the Having Your Say Programme written by and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465096778
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Wealth, Poverty and Politics written by Thomas Sowell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography, demography, and culture. Sowell contends that liberals have a particular interest in misreading the data and chastises them for using income inequality as an argument for the welfare state. Refuting Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and others on the left, Sowell draws on accurate empirical data to show that the inequality is not nearly as extreme or sensational as we have been led to believe. Transcending partisanship through a careful examination of data, Wealth, Poverty, and Politics reveals the truth about the most explosive political issue of our time.
Author : Mary Murphy
Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
ISBN 13 : 1905485476
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Economics and Poverty - the Links written by Mary Murphy and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 2007 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Combat Poverty Agency Annual Report 2007 written by and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan J. Dettlaff
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030543145
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System written by Alan J. Dettlaff and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines existing research documenting racial disproportionality and disparities in child welfare systems, the underlying factors that contribute to these phenomena and the harms that result at both the individual and community levels. It reviews multiple forms of interventions designed to prevent and reduce disproportionality, particularly in states and jurisdictions that have seen meaningful change. With contributions from authorities and leaders in the field, this volume serves as the authoritative volume on the complex issue of child maltreatment and child welfare. It offers a central source of information for students and practitioners who are seeking understanding on how structural and institutional racism can be addressed in public systems.
Author : Karen Seccombe
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Families in Poverty written by Karen Seccombe and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty is a social problem and finding solutions requires us to look closely at our social institutions. This book brings together the most recent quantitative and qualitative data to examine the many dimensions of this problem in the United States.--[book cover].
Author : Sandra Morgen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801459087
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Stretched Thin written by Sandra Morgen and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. However, assessments about the assumptions and consequences of this radical change to the nation's social safety net were actually far more varied and disputed than the label "consensus" suggests. By examining the varied realities and accountings of welfare restructuring, Stretched Thin looks back at a critical moment of policy change and suggests how welfare policy in the United States can be changed to better address the needs of poor families and the nation. Using ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews with poor families and welfare workers, survey data tracking more than 750 families over two years, and documentary evidence, Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, and Jill Weigt question the validity of claims that welfare reform has been a success. They show how poor families, welfare workers, and welfare administrators experienced and assessed welfare reform differently based on gender, race, class, and their varying positions of power and control within the welfare state. The authors document the ways that, despite the dramatic drop in welfare rolls, low-wage jobs and inadequate social supports left many families struggling in poverty. Revealing how the neoliberal principles of a drastically downsized welfare state and individual responsibility for economic survival were implemented through policies and practices of welfare provision and nonprovision, the authors conclude with new recommendations for reforming welfare policy to reduce poverty, promote economic security, and foster shared prosperity.
Author : Alice K. Butterfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933478135
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (781 download)
Download or read book The Dynamics of Family Policy written by Alice K. Butterfield and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Families, in whatever form they may take, are at the centre of all our lives. In the absence of a comprehensive national family policy, any policy that attempts to alter our lives peripherally can affect the stability, composition, and future of our families. In the United States, all policy becomes family policy. Such is the position of the authors of The Dynamics of Family Policy. This book challenges readers to redefine and broaden definitions of the family to reflect fundamental and recent demographic shifts in its structure. Devolution and managed care are among the nine major themes that weave their way through the chapters of the book. The book provides an approach to policy analysis and advocacy that takes politics, power, and social problems into account. The authors provide an in-depth and detailed coverage of social policy in areas such as poverty, work and employment, food, housing, and welfare, health care, and family violence. Additional chapters address family-focused policy initiatives such as marriage incentives, family caregiving across the lifespan, and the care and support of children. The book includes exercises and assignments for readers who want to become more actively involved in advocacy and policy practice. The Dynamics of Family Policy explores the roles professionals play in developing, implementing, and monitoring family policy. The book’s combination of a comprehensive government policy account and a family-focused analytic perspective will enable students to maximise their understanding as they begin their careers in the helping professions. Features: Comprehensive coverage enables you to use it as a central text in social welfare courses. Offers a dynamic model of policy analysis and advocacy that puts the welfare of families at the centre of policy making. Special attention is given to the involvement of families in finding solutions to their problems through impact analysis, research, and advocacy campaigns. Includes chapter on social economy and family well-being in the global context.
Author : C. Anne Broussard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135694974
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts written by C. Anne Broussard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts addresses the context of poverty in the United States and focuses on poverty issues that family members must confront as they move through the life course. This edited collection provides a unique perspective that draws together macro and micro research about how poverty affects families throughout their lives, increasing risks and reducing opportunities at every stage. Individual chapters emphasize the context of poverty in the United States, then go on to examine specific life cycle stages and what happens when poverty intersects with family concerns. Contributing authors are respected experts in their fields and represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives including child development, community health, education, family studies, gerontology, disability, public policy, social work and sociology. Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts includes a range of pedagogical features to enhance learning such as exercises and discussions relating to each chapter, which will encourage readers to think critically and apply the knowledge to their own lives. It will interest students, academics and researchers of sociology, family studies, social work and health as well as other related disciplines.
Author : Guðný Björk Eydal
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178471934X
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Family Policy written by Guðný Björk Eydal and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Family Policy examines how state and workplace policies support parents and their children in developing, earning and caring. With original contributions from 44 leading scholars, this Handbook provides readers with up-to-date knowledge on family policies and family policy research, taking stock of current literature as well as providing analyses of present-day policies, and where they should head in the future.
Author : Rebecca M. Blank
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780815798378
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (983 download)
Download or read book The New World of Welfare written by Rebecca M. Blank and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress must reauthorize the sweeping 1996 welfare reform legislation by October 1, 2002. A number of issues that were prominent in the 1995-96 battle over welfare reform are likely to resurface in the debate over reauthorization. Among those issues are the five-year time limit, provisions to reduce out-of-wedlock births, the adequacy of child care funding, problems with Medicaid and food stamp receipt by working families, and work requirements. Funding levels are also certain to be controversial. Fiscal conservatives will try to lower grant spending levels, while states will seek to maintain them and gain additional discretion in the use of funds. Finally, a movement to encourage states to promote marriage among low-income families is already taking shape. The need for reauthorization presents an opportunity to assess what welfare reform has accomplished and what remains to be done. The New World of Welfare is an attempt to frame the policy debate for reauthorization, and to inform the policy discussion among the states and at the federal level, especially by drawing lessons from research on the effects of welfare reform. In the book, a diverse set of welfare experts—liberal and conservative, academic and nonacademic—engage in rigorous debate on topics ranging from work experience programs, to job availability, to child well-being, to family formation. In order to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of research on welfare reform, the contributors cover subjects including work and wages, effects of reform on family income and poverty, the politics of conservative welfare reform, sanctions and time limits, financial work incentives for low-wage earners, the use of medicaid and food stamps, welfare-to-work, child support, child care, and welfare reform and immigration. Preparation of the volume was supported by funds from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Author : Ann C. Crouter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135623376
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Work-Family Challenges for Low-Income Parents and Their Children written by Ann C. Crouter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The area of work and family is a hot topic in the social sciences and appeals to scholars in a wide range of disciplines. There are few edited volumes in this area, however, and this may be the only one that focuses on low-income families--a particularly important group in this era of welfare-to-work policy. Interdisciplinary in nature, the volume brings together contributors from the fields of psychology, social work, sociology, demography, economics, human development and family studies, and public policy. It presents important work-family topics from the point of view of low-income families at a time in history when welfare to work programs have become standard. Divided into four parts, each section addresses a different aspect of the topic, consisting of a big picture lead essay which is followed by three papers that critique, extend, and supplement the final paper. Many of the chapters address important social policy issues, giving the volume an applied focus which will make it of interest to many groups. Serving to organize the volume, these issues and others have been encapsulated into four sets of anchor questions: *How has the availability, content, and stability of the jobs available for the working poor changed in recent decades? How do work circumstances for low-income families vary as a function of gender, family structure, race, ethnicity, and geography? What implications do these changes have for the widening inequality between the haves and have-nots? *What features of work timing matter for families? What do we know about the impacts of shift work, long hours, seasonal work, and temporary work on employees, their family relationships, and their children's development? *How are the child care needs of low-income families being met? What challenges do these families face with regard to child care, and how can child-care services be strengthened to support parents and to enhance child development? *How are the challenges of managing work and family experienced by low-income men and women? The primary audience for the book is academicians and their students, policy specialists, and people charged with developing and evaluating family-focused programs. The volume will be appropriate for classroom use in upper-level undergraduate courses and graduate courses in the fields of family sociology, demography, human development and family studies, women's studies, labor studies, and social work.
Author : Robert Halpern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780231106665
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Fragile Families, Fragile Solutions written by Robert Halpern and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has America's social welfare network benefited families living in poverty? In what ways has it failed to provide for their needs? The system of social welfare in the United States has been in place for most of this century-and although it has had lasting impact on the lives of many people in need, it is far from perfect in its handling of the nation's poor. Fragile Families, Fragile Solutions presents a historical perspective on one of the central components of the U.S. social welfare network-family services-and provides a unique look at the advances this service network has achieved, problems it has confronted, and where it is likely to go in the future. Beginning with an exploration of the nineteenth-century roots of family services and the emergence of family casework at the beginning of this century, Halpern ranges through the 1920s and 1930• charting the influence of psychoanalytic theory in social service work and government responses to the Depression. He surveys the following two decades, when policymakers attempted to respond to changing inner-city populations. An extended section focuses on the 1960• a critical reform period. Covering a wide spectrum of contemporary issues in policy and organization, as well as escalating crises in such areas as child welfare, Halpern brings readers up to date on this complex subject. Offering policy recommendations for the future, Halpern inspires social workers and policymakers alike with a symbolic goal of constructing a more positive vision of the potential of social services, and a pragmatic objective of designing an efficient, effective family services network to care for Americans in greatest need of support.
