Policy & Practice articles from March 2001

Policy & Practice archives from March 2001

Blurring the Boundaries: Local Collaborations Among Head Start, Preschool, and Child Care Programs.
March 1, 2001... Most often, public programs are targeted toward disadvantaged children. Head Start, for example, primarily serves three - and four-year-old children from poor families. Many state preschool programs also provide services to disadvantaged three-...

Inside Story.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A quick scan of our home entertainment unit reveals how the collaboration between the technology and entertainment fields is redefining today's lifestyles. Through digital electronics--DVD-video players, high-definition televisions, MP3...

New Directions in Social Policy.
March 1, 2001... Editor's' Note: In the December 2000 issue of POLICY & PRACTICE, Elaine M. Ryan, director of government affairs, presented an overview of some of the social benefits, programs, and services to be reauthorized in the next two years. In this...

Letter from the Executive Director.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... On February 1st, APHSA released a transition report, Crossroads: New Directions in Social Policy; to President George W. Bush and the 107th Congress. The report calls for policy changes in the human service programs Congress will reauthorize...

Health Budget Creates Crunch.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Rutland Herald Rapid growth in health care spending is threatening the state's ability to finance other areas of Vermont government. In response, Gov. Howard Dean and officials in his administration say they expect higher growth in the...

New York Welfare Reform Outpaces Child Care, Official Says.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Associated Press New York does not have enough child care slots to meet the growing demand brought about by welfare-to-work initiatives, according to a report released by the state comptroller. The report found that there is a need for...

Expanded Health Care Gets OK.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Arizona Republic Arizona's working poor got a big boost in January when the federal government granted a waiver that provides cash to help add 140,000 men and women to the state's health care rolls. The waiver, in part, enables Arizona...

Adoption Fight Reveals Gap in State Regulations.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Los Angeles Times A woman who arranged the adoption of twin girls caught in an international custody battle runs an Internet service that is part of an unlicensed and unregulated, but legal, industry that some find troubling. Through her...

MICHIGAN Customer Service EXCELLENCE.
March 1, 2001... When the 1996 welfare reform legislation terminated the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, field specialists at Michigan's Family Independence Agency (FIA) began working with customers more intensively than ever before on ways to...

A CONVERSATION with Ron Haskins.(Interview)
March 1, 2001... Since its passage in 1996, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, also known as welfare reform legislation, has brought about tremendous change in our nation's welfare system. As part of the reform, the Temporary...

Enhancing Child Welfare Service Delivery: Promoting Agency-Social Work Education Partnerships.
March 1, 2001... Editor's Note: The issue of recruiting and retaining child welfare workers is important to APHSA members. As a result, the APHSA Board of Directors has convened a task force to address the issue. Under the direction of APHSA's Board Task Forte...

Our Do'ers Profile.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In "Our Do'ers Profile," we highlight some of the hard-working and talented individuals in the public human services field. This issue features Robin Arnold-Williams, the newly elected chair of the National Council of State Human Service...

The Child Welfare Challenge: Policy, Practice, and Research.(Review)
March 1, 2001... By Peter J. Pecora, James K. Whittaker, Anthony N. Maluccio, and Richard P. Barth Within a historical and contemporary context, The Child Welfare Challenge examines major policy, practice, and research issues as they jointly shape current...

Abandoned Children.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Edited by Catherine Panter-Brick and Malcolm T. Smith Examines how presentations of abandoned children tend to take for granted ethnocentric ideas about what children can and should do, and about what their relationship should be with...

Declarations of Dependency: The Civic Republican Tradition in U.S. Poverty Policy.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... By Alan F. Zundel Examines the political tradition of civic republicanism that made sense in America's agricultural era but which fails to correspond with the realities of modern economic conditions. Three policy areas--homeownership for...

A Guidebook for Raising Foster Children.(Review)
March 1, 2001... By Susan McNair Blatt Provides guidance and suggestions to maximize the experience for foster families and assist them in the process. XVritten with the help of many foster parents, this book contains practical suggestions for those who...

Parenting in Public: Family Shelter and Public Assistance.(Review)
March 1, 2001... By Donna Haig Friedman Explores the realities of life for parents and their children in family shelters. The author uses the Massachusetts family shelter system to explore the impact of asset- and deficit-oriented help giving approaches as...

Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... By Chuck Collins and Felice Yeske Examines the recent changes in income and wealth distribution, as well as the economic policies and shifts in power that have fueled the growing divide. The authors argue that government and corporate rule...

Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: Ten Lessons Learned in Rural Alaska.
March 1, 2001... Each year, millions of children grow up in violent households. The impact of domestic violence on child witnesses can be devastating, and these children are at much greater risk for child abuse. In Alaska, a retrospective review of 475...