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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Premises of the Discussion; 1: Risk; Chapter Two: How Risk Works; Chapter Three: Risk and Families; Chapter Four: Schools and Risk; 2: Interventions: What Works?; Chapter Five: While They Are Still Young; Chapter Six: When They Are Older; Chapter Seven: Supports for Families; 3: Policies and Recommendations for Ending Poverty as We Know It; Chapter Eight: Policies and Recommendations; Chapter Nine: Ending Chronic Poverty; Conclusion; Index; About the Author.

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