Handbook of families & poverty / D. Russell Crane, Tim B. Heaton, editors.

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TextPublication details: Los Angeles ; London : Sage Publications, c2008.Description: xiv, 495 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:

9781412950428 (cloth)
1412950422 (cloth)

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Handbook of families and poverty

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362.556 22 CRA

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HC110.P6 H36 2008

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Preface Introduction Section 1: What Welfare Can and Cannot Do Gary Bryner and Ryan Martin 1. Innovation in Social Policy: Evaluating State Efforts to Reform Welfare, Promote Work, and Help Low-Income Families Lawrence M. Mead 2. Social Policy and Marriage Anjali Gupta, Jessica W. Thornton and Aletha C. Huston 3. Working Families Should Not Be Poor – The New Hope Program Kevin D. Blair and David Taylor 4. Who will Care when Parents Can’t?: An Overview of Trends in Kinship Care Section 2: Poverty among Diverse Populations and Settings Rand Conger and Katherine Jewsbury Conger 5. Understanding the Processes through which Economic Hardship Influences Rural Families and Children Anna D. Johnson, Kate Tarrant and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn 6. Early Childhood Education and Care: An Opportunity to Enhance the Lives of Poor Children W. Sean Newsome, Kevin R. Bush , Charles B. Hennon, Gary W. Peterson and Stephan M. Wilson 7. Appalachian families and poverty: Historical issues and contemporary economic trends Daniel T. Lichter, Zhenchao Qian and Martha L. Crowley 8. Poverty and Economic Polarization among Children in Racial Minority and Immigrant Families Angela Abela and Charles Tabone 9. Processes of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poor Families Scott L. Coltrane, Ross D. Parke, Thomas J. Schofield, Shigueru J. Tsuha, Michael Chavez and Shoon Lio 10. Mexican American Families and Poverty Lynn Clark Callister and Ana Birkhead 11. Mexican Immigrant Childbearing Women: Social Support and Perinatal Outcomes Erin Feinauer Whiting and Carol J. Ward 12. Food Insecurity and Provisioning: Chronic Challenges Faced by Families Living in Poverty On the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation Martha N. Ozawa and Hong-Sik Yoon 13. How Economically Disadvantaged are American Elderly Women? Gender Differences in Economic Well-Being in Old Age Eric D. Johnson 14. The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Community Functioning of People with Serious Mental Illness and Their Families Harvey Hillin 15. Addiction and Medicaid: A Prairie Sighting of Califano’s “Elephant in the Living Room of American Society” and State Budgets Stephen J. Bahr 16. Incarceration, Poverty, and Families W. Jean Yeung and Rebecca K. Glauber 17. Children’s Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families R. Gabriela Barajas, Nina Philipsen, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn 18. Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes for Children in Poverty Michael Murray and David F. Marks 19. Challenging Social Inequalities in Health Sections 3: Intervention and Education for Working with Poor Families Douglas J. Besharov and Caeli A. Higney 20. Giving Head Start a Fresh Start Lynda Clarke 21. Grandparents: A Family Resource? Melvin N. Wilson 22. Poor Fathers Involvement in the Lives of Their Children Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Laura Lein 23. The Health Care Safety Net for Mexican American Families M. Robin Dion and Alan J. Hawkins 24. Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability Warner P. Woodworth 25. Microenterprise: Building Well-being Among Poor U.S. Families Matthew Sanders and William Bor 26. Working with families in poverty: Towards a multilevel population-based approach Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, and Patrick F. Fagan 27. Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty Erin Feinauer Whiting, Carol J. Ward Chapter 12: Food Insecurity and Provisioning: Chronic Challenges Faced by Families Living in Poverty On the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation Hong-Sik Yoon, Martha N. Ozawa Chapter 13: How Economically Disadvantaged are American Elderly Women? Gender Differences in Economic Well-Being in Old Age Gary C Bryner, Ryan T. Martin Chapter 01: Innovation in Social Policy: Evaluating State Efforts to Reform Welfare, Promote Work, and Help Low-Income Families Lawrence M. Mead Chapter 02: Social Policy and Marriage Anjali E. Gupta, Jessica W. Thornton-Walker, Aletha C. Huston Chapter 03: Working Families Should Not Be Poor - The New Hope Program Kevin D. Blair, David B. Taylor Chapter 04: Who will Care when Parents Can’t?: An Overview of Trends in Kinship Care With a Focus on the Child-Only Provisions of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program Rand Conger, Katherine Jewsbury Conger Chapter 05: Understanding the Processes through which Economic Hardship Influences Rural Families and Children Anna D. Johnson, Kate Tarrant, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Chapter 06: Early Childhood Education and Care: An Opportunity to Enhance the Lives of Poor Children Sean Newsome, Kevin R. Bush, Charles B. Hennon, Gary Peterson, Stephan M. Wilson Chapter 07: Appalachian Families and Poverty: Historical Issues and Contemporary Economic Trends Lynn Clark Callister, Ana Birkhead Chapter 11: Mexican Immigrant Childbearing Women: Social Support and Perinatal Outcomes Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel, Laura Lein Chapter 23: The Health Care Safety Net for Mexican American Families Eric D. Johnson Chapter 14: The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Community Functioning of People with Serious Mental Illness and Their Families Harvey H. Hillin Chapter 15: Addiction and Medicaid: A Prairie Sighting of Califano’s “Elephant in the Living Room of American Society” and State Budgets Stephen J. Bahr Chapter 16: Incarceration, Poverty, and Families Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Rebecca Glauber Chapter 17: Children’s Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families R. Gabriela Barajas, Nina Mareike Philipsen, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Chapter 18: Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes for Children in Poverty Michael Murray, David F. Marks Chapter 19: Challenging Social Inequalities in Health Douglas J. Besharov, Caeli A. Higney Chapter 20: Giving Head Start a Fresh Start Lynda Clarke Chapter 21: Grandparents: A Family Resource? Melvin N. Wilson Chapter 22: Poor Fathers Involvement in the Lives of Their Children M. Robin Dion Chapter 24: Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability Warner P. Woodworth Chapter 25: Microenterprise: Building Well-being Among Poor U.S. Families Matthew R Sanders, William Bor Chapter 26: Working with Families in Poverty: Towards a Multilevel Population-Based Approach Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Patrick F. Fagan Chapter 27: Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty Daniel T. Lichter, Zhenchao Qian, Martha L. Crowley Chapter 08: Poverty and Economic Polarization among Children in Racial Minority and Immigrant Families Angela Abela, Carmel Tabone Chapter 09: Processes of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poor Families Scott L. Coltrane, Ross D. Parke, Thomas Schofield, Shigeru Tusha, Michael Chavez, Shoon Liu Chapter 10: Mexican American Families and Poverty

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface

Introduction

Section 1: What Welfare Can and Cannot Do
Gary Bryner and Ryan Martin

1. Innovation in Social Policy: Evaluating State Efforts to Reform Welfare, Promote Work, and Help Low-Income Families Lawrence M. Mead

2. Social Policy and Marriage Anjali Gupta, Jessica W. Thornton and Aletha C. Huston

3. Working Families Should Not Be Poor – The New Hope Program Kevin D. Blair and David Taylor

4. Who will Care when Parents Can’t?: An Overview of Trends in Kinship Care

Section 2: Poverty among Diverse Populations and Settings
Rand Conger and Katherine Jewsbury Conger

5. Understanding the Processes through which Economic Hardship Influences Rural Families and Children Anna D. Johnson, Kate Tarrant and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

6. Early Childhood Education and Care: An Opportunity to Enhance the Lives of Poor Children W. Sean Newsome, Kevin R. Bush , Charles B. Hennon, Gary W. Peterson and Stephan M. Wilson

7. Appalachian families and poverty: Historical issues and contemporary economic trends Daniel T. Lichter, Zhenchao Qian and Martha L. Crowley

8. Poverty and Economic Polarization among Children in Racial Minority and Immigrant Families Angela Abela and Charles Tabone

9. Processes of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poor Families Scott L. Coltrane, Ross D. Parke, Thomas J. Schofield, Shigueru J. Tsuha, Michael Chavez and Shoon Lio

10. Mexican American Families and Poverty Lynn Clark Callister and Ana Birkhead

11. Mexican Immigrant Childbearing Women: Social Support and Perinatal Outcomes Erin Feinauer Whiting and Carol J. Ward

12. Food Insecurity and Provisioning: Chronic Challenges Faced by Families Living in Poverty On the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation Martha N. Ozawa and Hong-Sik Yoon

13. How Economically Disadvantaged are American Elderly Women? Gender Differences in Economic Well-Being in Old Age Eric D. Johnson

14. The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Community Functioning of People with Serious Mental Illness and Their Families Harvey Hillin

15. Addiction and Medicaid: A Prairie Sighting of Califano’s “Elephant in the Living Room of American Society” and State Budgets Stephen J. Bahr

16. Incarceration, Poverty, and Families W. Jean Yeung and Rebecca K. Glauber

17. Children’s Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families R. Gabriela Barajas, Nina Philipsen, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

18. Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes for Children in Poverty Michael Murray and David F. Marks

19. Challenging Social Inequalities in Health
Sections 3: Intervention and Education for Working with Poor Families
Douglas J. Besharov and Caeli A. Higney

20. Giving Head Start a Fresh Start Lynda Clarke

21. Grandparents: A Family Resource? Melvin N. Wilson

22. Poor Fathers Involvement in the Lives of Their Children Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Laura Lein

23. The Health Care Safety Net for Mexican American Families M. Robin Dion and Alan J. Hawkins

24. Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability Warner P. Woodworth

25. Microenterprise: Building Well-being Among Poor U.S. Families Matthew Sanders and William Bor

26. Working with families in poverty: Towards a multilevel population-based approach Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, and Patrick F. Fagan

27. Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty Erin Feinauer Whiting, Carol J. Ward Chapter
12: Food Insecurity and Provisioning: Chronic Challenges Faced by Families Living in Poverty On the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation Hong-Sik Yoon, Martha N. Ozawa Chapter
13: How Economically Disadvantaged are American Elderly Women? Gender Differences in Economic Well-Being in Old Age Gary C Bryner, Ryan T. Martin

Chapter 01: Innovation in Social Policy: Evaluating State Efforts to Reform Welfare, Promote Work, and Help Low-Income Families Lawrence M. Mead

Chapter 02: Social Policy and Marriage Anjali E. Gupta, Jessica W. Thornton-Walker, Aletha C. Huston Chapter 03: Working Families Should Not Be Poor - The New Hope Program Kevin D. Blair, David B. Taylor

Chapter 04: Who will Care when Parents Can’t?: An Overview of Trends in Kinship Care With a Focus on the Child-Only Provisions of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program Rand Conger, Katherine Jewsbury Conger

Chapter 05: Understanding the Processes through which Economic Hardship Influences Rural Families and Children Anna D. Johnson, Kate Tarrant, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Chapter 06: Early Childhood Education and Care: An Opportunity to Enhance the Lives of Poor Children Sean Newsome, Kevin R. Bush, Charles B. Hennon, Gary Peterson, Stephan M. Wilson

Chapter 07: Appalachian Families and Poverty: Historical Issues and Contemporary Economic Trends Lynn Clark Callister, Ana Birkhead

Chapter 11: Mexican Immigrant Childbearing Women: Social Support and Perinatal Outcomes Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel, Laura Lein

Chapter 23: The Health Care Safety Net for Mexican American Families Eric D. Johnson

Chapter 14: The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Community Functioning of People with Serious Mental Illness and Their Families Harvey H. Hillin

Chapter 15: Addiction and Medicaid: A Prairie Sighting of Califano’s “Elephant in the Living Room of American Society” and State Budgets Stephen J. Bahr

Chapter 16: Incarceration, Poverty, and Families Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Rebecca Glauber

Chapter 17: Children’s Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families R. Gabriela Barajas, Nina Mareike Philipsen, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Chapter 18: Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes for Children in Poverty Michael Murray, David F. Marks

Chapter 19: Challenging Social Inequalities in Health Douglas J. Besharov, Caeli A. Higney

Chapter 20: Giving Head Start a Fresh Start Lynda Clarke

Chapter 21: Grandparents: A Family Resource? Melvin N. Wilson

Chapter 22: Poor Fathers Involvement in the Lives of Their Children M. Robin Dion

Chapter 24: Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by
Supporting Marriage and Family Stability Warner P. Woodworth

Chapter 25: Microenterprise: Building Well-being Among Poor U.S. Families Matthew R Sanders, William Bor

Chapter 26: Working with Families in Poverty: Towards a Multilevel Population-Based Approach Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Patrick F. Fagan

Chapter 27: Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty Daniel T. Lichter, Zhenchao Qian, Martha L. Crowley

Chapter 08: Poverty and Economic Polarization among Children in Racial Minority and Immigrant Families Angela Abela, Carmel Tabone

Chapter 09: Processes of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poor Families Scott L. Coltrane, Ross D. Parke, Thomas Schofield, Shigeru Tusha, Michael Chavez, Shoon Liu

Chapter 10: Mexican American Families and Poverty

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