Raising Our Children Out of Poverty

William J Hutchison, Jan Wilson, John J Stretch, Maria Bartlett, Susan A Taylor

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781135411534
• Topic: Medicina
• Subtopic: Atención sanitaria

Raising Our Children Out of Poverty shows what can be done at the national and local community levels to raise children out of poverty by strengthening families, communities, and social services.
br>Based on the April 1998 symposium "Raising Our Children Out of Poverty" at the Saint Louis University School of Social Service, this important book is particularly timely given the prevalence of poverty among children in the United States. Social Work practitioners and other helping advocates will discover chapters discussing the future of foster care, ecumenical housing, collaborative practice in low income communities, fostering resiliency in children, programs that are alternatives to incarceration, and an innovative family support and empowerment program.

This important book will help you provide improved services to families and children living in poverty.

Index

Accountability, 16

Adolescents

as crime victims, 54

criminal behavior of, 38. See also Juvenile delinquency

as parents, 28–29

Adult children of alcoholics, Differential Resiliency Model for, 3,69–87

case examples of, 74–82

components of

adoptive resilience, 72,73,78–80,82

anomic survival, 72,73,74–76,82

flourishing resilience, 72,73,80–81,82

life domains, 72–73

regenerative resilience, 72,73,76–78,82

implication for collective responses, 84–85

implication for practice, 82–83

Advocacy

child advocacy networks, 58,59,60

by religious organizations, 9–10,11

AFDC. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children

African-American youth

delinquency prevention in, 2. See also Family Network Partnership

poverty rate of, 90

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 22–23,90,98

Alinsky, Saul, 17–18

Alternative school movement, 55

Arizona, poverty rate among children in, 2

Bailey, Stanley R., 8

Bishops, Catholic

Campaign for Human Development of, 10,94

1986 pastoral on economics of, 10

Brazil, racial empowerment in, 8

Bread for the World, 11,15

Broeder, Lynn, 94

Bryant, Paul, 17

Burton-Christie, Mary Ellen, 17,18–19

California, poverty rate among children in, 2

Campaign for Human Development, 10,94

Capital, social, 12

Casadiglia, Pedro, 9

Catholic Church. See also Bishops, Catholic; Nuns; Pope John Paul II

social ethics of, 7–20

compassion, 8–11

empowerment, 8,10–11,15–17

solidarity, 8

Catholic Conferences, 10

Catholic parishes, racial empowerment by, 8

Catholic Social Teaching and United States Welfare Reform (Massaro), 10

Catholic Worker, 17

Center for Concern, 10

Centissimus Annus (Pope John Paul II), 8

Charity organizations, private, 2

Charter schools, 2–3

Children’s Defense Fund, 2

Children of Alcoholics Screen...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• About the Author
• Preface
• Introduction
• Compassion, Solidarity and Empowerment: The Ethical Contribution of Religion to Society
• Welfare Reform and the Future of Foster Care
• Delinquency Prevention in Poor and At-Risk African-American Youth: A Social Work Practice Innovation
• Collaborative Practice in Low Income Communities: University, Agency, Public School Partnerships
• Fostering Resiliency in Children: Lessons Learned in Transcending Adversity
• Ecumenical Housing: Providing Housing and Services
• Index