Policy & Practice articles

Recent articles from Policy & Practice

APHSA conferences and major meetings in 2009.(American Public Human Services Association)(Calendar)
April 1, 2009... Information about upcoming conferences and meetings is posted, once available, on the APHSA web site at www.aphsa.org. Click on "Conferences and Events" on the home page. Please join us. April 3-5 National Association of Public Child Welfare ...

The sounds of silence.(director's memo)(cases of juvenile offenders violates children's rights)
April 1, 2009... In preparing for the theme of privatization for this issue of Policy and Practice, a recent court case in Luzerne County, Pa., struck a chord within me. On Feb. 12, former Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan pled guilty in federal court to accepting $2.6 million in kickbacks in...

Kansas' experience in dealing with relief and recovery.(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... Dear Editor: I found the December 2008 issue of Policy & Practice particularly interesting due to the focus on disaster relief and recovery efforts. During my two years as secretary, we have responded to three events that thankfully did not affect as many individuals and families as...

Time to restore flexibility to TANF.(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... Dear Editor: The brief article in the December 2008 issue of Policy & Practice, "Number of Americans on Food Stamps Expected to Top 30 Million," led me to reflect on the value of traditional entitlement programs. Though block grants have been praised for the flexibility they frequently...

The boy who rode East.(editor's note)(Los Angeles County Department of Human Services' director, Bill Taylor)
April 1, 2009... Bill Taylor is a young man who loves to see Washington, D.C. He had the opportunity to spend five weeks in the nation's capital to realize his dream. And he was fortunate that one of those five weeks included the week when Barack Obama was sworn in as our new president. He even got a ticket...