Welfare and benefit systems

Current estimates suggest that between one and three percent of people living in the United States will receive a diagnosis of mental retardation.

Uninsured in America goes to the heart of why more than forty million Americans are falling through the cracks in the health care system, and what it means for society as a whole when so many people suffer the consequences of inadequate medical care.

Der Umgang mit Krisen gehört zum Kerngeschäft Sozialer Arbeit – aber Dimension und Qualität aktueller Krisen verlangen Flexibilität und unkonventionelle Lösungen.

Current estimates suggest that between one and three percent of people living in the United States will receive a diagnosis of mental retardation.

Millions of Americans experience some degree of hearing loss.

Dieses Fachbuch bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in die Borderline-Störung im Jugendalter und richtet sich an Therapeuten, Eltern und Betroffene.

A look at how the New Deal fundamentally changed American life, and why it remains relevant today"e;The New Deal was America's response to the gravest economic and social crisis of the twentieth century.

Why the United States has failed to establish a comprehensive high-quality child care program is the question at the center of this book.

Sweeping changes in welfare programs since 1996 have transformed the way America cares for its poor.

A quarter century of trickle-down economics has failed.

Despite being commonplace in American households a generation ago, corporal punishment of children has been subjected to criticism and shifting attitudes in recent years.

In this book, David E.

An unexpected detour can change the course of our lives forever, and, for white American anthropologist Margaret Willson, a stopover in Brazil led to immersion in a kaleidoscopic world of street urchins, capoeiristas, drug dealers, and wise teachers.

Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this trusted text and professional resource provides a developmental framework for clinical practice.

Housing Policy in the UK is a major new textbook that traces the emergence of a 'new comprehensive housing policy' in the wake of the Communities Plan and regionalisation.

Kohli offers a comprehensive overview of what is known about the resettlement of young asylum-seekers, answering social work practitioners' need for a fuller understanding.

The impact of sibling relationships on how people develop has been dramatically under-emphasised in the literature on child development.

This text provides a critical analysis of the social construction of childhood and children's agency.

This important text will provide a critical analysis of contemporary developments in child care policy under New Labour and the resulting policy and practice implications.

In Making the Second Ghetto, Arnold Hirsch argues that in the post-depression years Chicago was a "e;pioneer in developing concepts and devices"e; for housing segregation.

American cities are constantly being built and rebuilt, resulting in ever-changing skylines and neighborhoods.

This Element looks at how we can better understand young children''s perspectives by listening to their voices in multiple ways.

Caring for Our Own inverts an enduring question of social welfare politics.

This book is the first to chronicle the story of Housing First (HF), a paradigm-shifting evidence-based approach to ending homelessness that began in New York City in 1992 and rapidly spread to other cities nationally and internationally.

This book is the first to chronicle the story of Housing First (HF), a paradigm-shifting evidence-based approach to ending homelessness that began in New York City in 1992 and rapidly spread to other cities nationally and internationally.

First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty.

First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty.

Same-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "e;responsible procreation"e; and child welfare.

Same-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "e;responsible procreation"e; and child welfare.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.

The information age is upon us and, with it, a new era of human services has emerged.

The information age is upon us and, with it, a new era of human services has emerged.

The number of children living in families with incomes below the federal poverty level increased by 33 percent between 2000 and 2009, resulting in over 15 million children living in poverty.

In this sweeping narrative history from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the Great Recession of today, Caring for America rethinks both the history of the American welfare state from the perspective of care work and chronicles how home care workers eventually became one of the most vibrant forces in the American labor movement.

Social Security is in jeopardy, private pension systems have fallen apart, and workers are trying to save on their own for retirement with the stock market in the worst shape since the Great Depression.

Although practitioners do not often identify an explicit focus on social welfare policy, the analysis (what it is) and evaluation (what it does) of policy is basic to social work practice.

A meticulously researched inside look at child sexual abuse by clergy, this exhaustive, hard-hitting analysis weaves together interviews with abusive priests and church historical and administrative details to propose a new way of thinking about clerical sexual offenders.

Sexual exploitation of children is a major social problem in the United States and around the world.

Social Security is in jeopardy, private pension systems have fallen apart, and workers are trying to save on their own for retirement with the stock market in the worst shape since the Great Depression.

Black women have traditionally represented the canvas on which many debates about poverty and welfare have been drawn.

With its unique human-rights perspective on the study of childhood victimization and an innovative, child-inclusive restorative justice model, this book promises to be a touchstone for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers concerned with children's well-being in the aftermath of crime and violence.

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States.

Child Protection Systems is a comparative study of the social policies and professional practices that frame societal responses to the problems of child maltreatment in ten countries: USA, Canada, England, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Norway.

In this book, Slobogin and Fondacaro present their vision for a new juvenile justice system, founded on the evidence at hand and promoting the principles of rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

The last decade of the 20th century was marked by a shift in how welfare-states deal with those at the bottom of the income ladder.

This is a lucid, readable discussion of ethical questions in health care as they arise on the business or organizational level: an effort to spell out an ethical perspective for healthcare organizations.