American Children in Chronic Poverty : Complex Risks, Benefit-Cost Analyses, and Untangling the Knot.

A growing body of research informs us that an effective, efficient fight against chronic American poverty, producing benefits far exceeding costs, is possible. It begins by protecting children from developmental risks. This book describes those risks, along with the programs and policies we know pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lamy, Cynthia E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012.
Temas:
Poverty > United States.
Poor children > Services for > United States.
Children > United States > Social conditions.
Pauvreté > États-Unis.
Enfants pauvres > Services > États-Unis.
Enfants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Children > Social conditions
Poor children > Services for
Poverty
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:A growing body of research informs us that an effective, efficient fight against chronic American poverty, producing benefits far exceeding costs, is possible. It begins by protecting children from developmental risks. This book describes those risks, along with the programs and policies we know protect children and families. A policy framework for the pursuit of an intrepid new goal - the purposeful protection of America's most vulnerable children on a large scale - would end chronic poverty as we know it.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (209 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739176702
0739176706

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