Children and Their Families in Big Cities: Strategies for Service Reform.

Sonst. Personen	Kahn, Alfred J. (Hrsg.); Kamerman, Sheila B. (Hrsg.)
Institution	Columbia Univ., New York, NY. School of Social Work.
Titel	Children and Their Families in Big Cities: Strategies for Service Reform.
Quelle	(1996), (296 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Children; Community Development; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Needs; Family Programs; Integrated Activities; Low Income Groups; Poverty; Social Problems; Social Services; Urban Problems; Urban Schools; Urban Youth; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Family program; Familienprogramm; Integrierender Unterricht; Armut; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Youth; Jugend; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin
Abstract	Papers in this collection result from an 18-month exploration of ways to reform services for children and families in big cities, a so-called "rolling seminar" searching for ways to provide supportive and nourishing communities for city children. Contributions to this collection include: (1) "Themes and Viewpoints" (Editors); (2) "Neighborhood-Based Strategies To Address Poverty-Related Social Problems: An Historical Perspective" (Robert Halpern); (3) "Effects of Neighborhoods on Families and Children: Implications for Services" (Claudia J. Coulton); (4) "Practitioners' Perspectives on Family and Child Services" (Peg Hess, Brenda G. McGowan, and Carol H. Meyer); (5) "Two Community Development Initiatives: New Community Corporation and the Urban Strategies Council" (William J. Linder and the Urban Strategies Council); (6) "The Community Base for New Service Delivery Strategies" (Harold A. Richman, Prudence Brown, and Sudhir Venkatesh); (7) "The Path of Most Resistance: Lessons Learned from New Futures" (Douglas Nelson); (8) "Getting beyond the Micro Gee Whiz: Can Innovative Service Change the Service System?" (William A. Morrill); (9) "Child Welfare Reform, Managed Care, and Community Reinvestment" (Fred H. Wulczyn); (10) "Urban Community Initiatives and Shifting Federal Policy: The Case of Empowerment Zones" (Ester Fuchs and J. Philip Thompson); (11) "On the Term Community: An Informal Contribution" (Anne C. Kubisch); (12) "Big-City Kids and Their Families: Integration of Research and Practice" (Jeanne Brooks-Gunn); and (13) "Concluding Notes." References follow each chapter. (Contains four figures and seven tables.) (SLD)
Anmerkungen	Cross-National Studies Research Program, Columbia University School of Social Work, 622 West 113 Street, New York, NY 10025 ($14).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC