Windows, Healing and Helping Through Loss -- by Michael Popkin, Mary Joe Hannaford (Authors) (Video - Child)
Teaches preteens through adults how to deal with obvious losses such as death, and divorce as well as the disappointment associated with losing a job, moving away from family and friends, and losing a...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
Survival Tips for Working Moms: 297 Real Tips from Real Moms -- by Linda Goodman Pillsbury (Author) (Book - Parent)
Product Description "Full of real-life examples, this lighthearted, practical resource shows working mothers effective measures for tackling such issues as chores, childcare, errands, and exercise."
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
First Day in Grapes -- by L. King Pérez (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "All year long, Chico's family moves up and down the state of California to pick fruits and vegetables. Every September, Chico starts at a new school. Often, the other kids pick...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Baltimore Reads, Inc. -- Ripkin Learning Center (Program)
full service learning program prepares adults for the work place with a wide range of employability-oriented courses
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Genesis Jobs, Inc (Organization - Private, Non-Profit)
GenesisJobs is a non-profit partnership of 500 companies, 80 faith communities, and volunteers providing compassionate support to unemployed adults in their search for entry-level, non-professional...
All Ages
Hands to Work: The Stories of Three Families Racing the Welfare Clock -- by LynNell Hancock (Author) (Book)
"In this illuminating examination of our national welfare policy, award-winning veteran reporter and writer LynNell Hancock offers portraits of three women and their families as they struggle to find...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City -- by Katherine Newman (Author) (Book)
"In No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family, and self-esteem are top priorities despite all the factors that make earning a...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass -- by Theodore Dalrymple (Author) (Book)
"Here is a searing account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England. Dr. Dalrymple's...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform -- by David Card (Author) (Book)
Examines the low-skill labor market and its capacity to sustain a rising tide of workers with limited education, offering both good and bad news about work and welfare reform. Looks at specific trends...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Home: a collaboration of thirty distinguished authors and illustrators of children's books to aid the homeless -- by Michael Rosen (Author) (Book)
"Thirty noted authors and illustrators offer interpretations of home in a collaboration whose proceeds will go to Share Our Strength, an organization that provides food and shelter to the needy. The...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)