Golden links two critical policy areas: the way agencies relate to families on welfare and their economic status, and what those agencies can and must do to improve services for needy children.
Introduction What Is a Successful Program? Serving Children and Families Through the Welfare System: Challenges and Opportunities Sites and Services: Programs that Meet the Challenges Strategies for Meeting the Challenges Recommendations for Action Appendix A: The Case Studies Appendix B: Research Approach and Methods Selected Bibliography Index
OLIVIA GOLDEN is Director of Programs and Policy at the Children's Defense Fund. She holds a Master of Public Policy and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University where she has also taught. She served as Budget Director for the Executive Office of Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
?The common characteristics and challenges in the programs are
thought provoking. Recommended. Advanced undergraduate; graduate;
professional.?-Choice
?This book is clearly written and can be useful to a wide range of
readers. Those who know little about welfare reform will find the
analysis of successful programs very informative. Policymakers in
the field of welfare will find much useful discussion of barriers
to and strategies for successful implementation.?-Social Work
?This is a very readable book that takes a pragmatic approach to
welfare reform, based on research reflecting both operational and
outcome successes in a sampling of welfare departments across the
country. . . . Those concerned about poor children and welfare
reform will find this book to be a very helpful resource.?-Families
in Society
"The common characteristics and challenges in the programs are
thought provoking. Recommended. Advanced undergraduate; graduate;
professional."-Choice
"This book is clearly written and can be useful to a wide range of
readers. Those who know little about welfare reform will find the
analysis of successful programs very informative. Policymakers in
the field of welfare will find much useful discussion of barriers
to and strategies for successful implementation."-Social Work
"This is a very readable book that takes a pragmatic approach to
welfare reform, based on research reflecting both operational and
outcome successes in a sampling of welfare departments across the
country. . . . Those concerned about poor children and welfare
reform will find this book to be a very helpful resource."-Families
in Society
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