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Title Putting families first : America's family support movement and the challenge of change / Sharon L. Kagan and Bernice Weissbourd, editors.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1994]
©1994

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.82 P993P    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xli, 514 pages ; 24 cm.
Series A joint publication in the Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series and the Jossey-Bass education series
Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
Jossey-Bass education series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents I. Family support in a changing context. America's children and families : an international perspective / Urie Bronfenbrenner, Peter R. Neville -- The evolution of the family resource movement / Bernice Weissbourd. II. Institutional change and family support. Home and school : the unresolved relationship / Barbara T. Bowman -- Strategies for a family-supportive child health care
system / Barry Zuckerman, T. Berry Brazelton -- Transforming social services : family-supportive strategies / Ruth W. Massinga -- Families and work : the importance of the quality of the work environment / Ellen Galinsky -- Family support programs in black churches : a new look at old functions / Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, Angela Dungee Greene, Andrew Billingsley -- Family support
and criminal justice / Ann Adalist-Estrin.
(Cont'd) III. Programmatic change and family support. Supporting the family support worker / Frances Stott, Judith S. Musick -- Family support and care of the elderly : program and policy challenges / Benjamin H. Gottlieb, Monique A.M. Gignac -- Addressing the challenges of diversity / Eugene E. Garcia -- Funding family support programs / Judy Langford Carter. IV. Policy change and
family support. Family support and community development / James Garbarino, Kathleen Kostelny -- Local initiatives in support of families / Norman B. Rice -- State government and family support : from marginal to mainstream / Charles Bruner -- Family support on the federal policy agenda / Frank Farrow.
(Cont'd) V. Challenges for the family support movement. Defining and achieving quality in family support / Sharon L. Kagan -- Education for professionals in family support / Dolores G. Norton -- Evaluating family support programs : are we making progress? / Douglas R. Powell. VI. Conclusion. Toward a new normative system of family support / Sharon L. Kagan, Bernice Weissbourd.
Subject Family social work -- United States.
Family policy -- United States.
Added Author Kagan, Sharon Lynn.
Weissbourd, Bernice.
ISBN 1555426670
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