Putting Families First: America's Family Support Movement and the Challenge of Change
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Leading scholars and practitioners reflect on current issues in the field of family support, and offer insight and advice on strengthening policies, programs, and services.
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SHARON L. KAGAN is recognized nationally and internationally for her work in the care and education of young children and their families, and is senior associate at the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University. BERNICE WEISSBOURD is widely known as an initiator and leader of the family support movement. She is founder and president of Family Focus and the Family Resource Coalition and a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
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Foreword
Part One: Family Support in a Changing Context
1. America's Children and Families: An International Perspective(Urie Bronfenbrenner, Peter R. Neville)
2. The Evolution of the Family Resource Movement(Bernice Weissbourd)
Part Two: Institutional Change and Family Support
3. Home and School: The Unresolved Relationship(Barbara T. Bowman)
4. Strategies for a Family-Supportive Child Health Care System(Barry Zuckerman, T. Berry Brazelton)
5. Transforming Social Services: Family-Supportive Strategies(Ruth W. Massinga)
6. Families and Work: The Importance of the Quality of the Work Environment(Ellen Galinsky)
7. Family Support Programs in Black Churches: A New Look at Old Functions(Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, Angela Dungee Greene, Andrew Billingsley)
8. Family Support and Criminal Justice(Ann Adalist-Estrin)
Part Three: Programmatic Change and Family Support
9. Supporting the Family Support Worker(Frances Stott, Judith S. Musick)
10. Family Support and Care of the Elderly: Program and Policy Challenges(Benjamin H. Gottlieb, Monique A. M. Gignac)
11. Addressing the Challenges of Diversity(Eugene E. Garcia)
12. Funding Family Support Programs(Judy Langford Carter)
Part Four: Policy Change and Family Support
13. Family Support and Community Development(James Garbarino, Kathleen Kostelny)
14. Local Initiatives in Support of Families(Norman B. Rice)
15. State Government and Family Support: From Marginal to Mainstream(Charles Bruner)
16. Family Support on the Federal Policy AgAnda(Frank Farrow)
Part Five: Challenges for the Family Support Movement
17. Defining and Achieving Quality in Family Support(Sharon L. Kagan)
18. Education for Professionals in Family Support(Dolores G. Norton)
19. Evaluating Family Support Programs: Are We Making Progress?(Douglas R. Powell)
Part Six: Conclusion
20. Toward a New Normative System of Family Support(Sharon L. Kagan, Bernice Weissbourd)
Part One: Family Support in a Changing Context
1. America's Children and Families: An International Perspective(Urie Bronfenbrenner, Peter R. Neville)
2. The Evolution of the Family Resource Movement(Bernice Weissbourd)
Part Two: Institutional Change and Family Support
3. Home and School: The Unresolved Relationship(Barbara T. Bowman)
4. Strategies for a Family-Supportive Child Health Care System(Barry Zuckerman, T. Berry Brazelton)
5. Transforming Social Services: Family-Supportive Strategies(Ruth W. Massinga)
6. Families and Work: The Importance of the Quality of the Work Environment(Ellen Galinsky)
7. Family Support Programs in Black Churches: A New Look at Old Functions(Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, Angela Dungee Greene, Andrew Billingsley)
8. Family Support and Criminal Justice(Ann Adalist-Estrin)
Part Three: Programmatic Change and Family Support
9. Supporting the Family Support Worker(Frances Stott, Judith S. Musick)
10. Family Support and Care of the Elderly: Program and Policy Challenges(Benjamin H. Gottlieb, Monique A. M. Gignac)
11. Addressing the Challenges of Diversity(Eugene E. Garcia)
12. Funding Family Support Programs(Judy Langford Carter)
Part Four: Policy Change and Family Support
13. Family Support and Community Development(James Garbarino, Kathleen Kostelny)
14. Local Initiatives in Support of Families(Norman B. Rice)
15. State Government and Family Support: From Marginal to Mainstream(Charles Bruner)
16. Family Support on the Federal Policy AgAnda(Frank Farrow)
Part Five: Challenges for the Family Support Movement
17. Defining and Achieving Quality in Family Support(Sharon L. Kagan)
18. Education for Professionals in Family Support(Dolores G. Norton)
19. Evaluating Family Support Programs: Are We Making Progress?(Douglas R. Powell)
Part Six: Conclusion
20. Toward a New Normative System of Family Support(Sharon L. Kagan, Bernice Weissbourd)
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"This rich book will prove particularly valuable, because it comes just as family support approaches and family support services are emerging as among the most promising new responses to growing problems of family isolation and disintegration. Putting Families First will give both policy and program people the deeper understanding they need of the theories, practices, and mindsets that together constitute family support." --Lisbeth B. Schorr, lecturer in social medicine, Harvard University, and author of Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage
