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Author:

Halpern, Robert, 1951-

Title:

Fragile families, fragile solutions : a history of supportive services for families in poverty / Robert Halpern.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

286 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Family services--United States.
Poor--Services for--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-281) and index.

Contents:

Where to from here? Formative strands : settlements, casework, and mothers' aid -- Trial by fire -- The quiet before the next storm -- Service reform as a war on poverty -- Developments in Aid to Families with Dependent Children -- The 1970s : struggle for renewal in a shifting environment -- Retrenchment without renewal -- New paradigms, old problems -- Where to from here?

ISBN:

9780231106672 (pbk.)
023110667X (pbk.)
9780231106665 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0231106661 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38842150

LCCN:

98016738

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

A2PD787 -- Carter Lake Public Library (Carter Lake) — J MUR

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls) — 362.82/8/0973

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)