Public Welfare articles from March 1993

Public Welfare archives from March 1993

Family preservation in Missouri. (family preservation services)
March 22, 1993... WORDS AND PICTURES GIVE A REAL-LIFE VIEW OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES. It's 3:00 A.M. in a small, rural town in southwest Missouri. Vanessa Johnston, a family preservation services (FPS) worker, is combing the streets looking for Heidi, one...

Facing the facts about homelessness. (denial blocks solutions for the homeless population)
March 22, 1993... DENIAL BLOCKS SOLUTIONS FOR A CRITICAL PART OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION. Every day, in cities and towns across the country, we see men and women dressed in rags, often carrying plastic bags or pushing shopping carts filled with their worldly...

Restoring opportunity in America's cities. (strategies for inner-city revitalization)
March 22, 1993... MULTIPLE STRATEGIES ARE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF INCOME, HOUSING, AND RACE. The Los Angeles riots last year serve as a reminder that the nation's cities are still in crisis and that traditional approaches to combating inner-city poverty...

Training Georgia's eligibility workers. (eligibility determination for public assistance programs)
March 22, 1993... STAFF ARE BEING TAUGHT TO DO THEIR JOBS DIFFERENTLY. With the separation of social services and income maintenance functions in the past two decades, eligibility determination for public assistance programs has come to be viewed by some...