Drugs, Crime, and Social Isolation: Barriers to Urban Opportunity -- by Adele Harrell, George Peterson (Authors) (Book)
"Is there an urban underclass that is becoming increasingly isolated from mainstream social and economic life? If so, how does it perpetuate itself and how does it limit the opportunities of those...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Shattered Bonds -- by Dorothy Roberts (Author) (Book)
The first book in 30 years to consider the devastating social consequences of the overwhelming numbers of black children in the child-welfare system." "The story of foster care in the United States is...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Race, Poverty and American Cities -- by John Boger, Judith Wegner (Authors) (Book)
"Precise connections between race, poverty, and the condition of Americas cities are drawn in this collection of seventeen essays. Policymakers and scholars from a variety of disciplines analyze the...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Erik Is Homeless -- by Carol Halebian, Keith Greenberg (Authors) (Book)
"This photo essay describes the plight of nine-year-old Erik and his mother Lydia. After Erik's father was killed in a car accident, the once middle-class family was left destitute. Eventually, they...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Engendering Forced Migration: Theory and Practice, Vol. 6 -- by Doreen Indra (Author) (Book)
"As the millennium approaches, war, political oppression, desperate poverty, environmental degradation and disasters, and economic underdevelopment are sharply increasing the ranks of the world's...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Social Care and Housing -- by Ian Shaw (Author) (Book)
"Drawing out the implications for policy and practice from the latest research in housing and social work, this volume illustrates the lack of communication between practitioners that is hindering...
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Housing Crisis U. S. A -- by Joseph Fried (Author) (Book)
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy -- by William Wilson (Author) (Book)
"The Truly Disadvantaged should spur critical thinking in many quarters about the causes and possible remedies for inner city poverty. As policy makers grapple with the problems of an enlarged...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
In the Name of the Poor: Contesting Political Space for Poverty Reduction -- by Neil Webster, Lars Engberg-Pederson (Authors) (Book)
"Current development discourse on poverty reduction mainly emphasizes the respective roles of the state and the market. This book argues for the importance of exploring and understanding the poor's...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Child Welfare Initiative (Program)
Children served by the child welfare system are more likely to need developmental, mental health, medical, and educational services than many other children. Their families also often require services...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/child_welfare_initiative/index.html