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Parenting in public : family shelter and public assistance / Donna Haig Friedman with Rosa Clark ... [and others] ; illustrations by Sarah Haig Friedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedman, Donna Haig.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homeless families--United States.
- Homeless families.
- Homeless families--Government policy--United States.
- Shelters for the homeless--United States.
- Shelters for the homeless.
- Social work with the homeless.
- Homeless families--Government policy.
- United States.
- Social work with the homeless--United States.
- Family social work--United States.
- Family social work.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- This book posits that a family's quality of life is greatly impacted by the quality of the organizational climate and of their encounters within the shelter setting. Friedman proposes a revolutionary reassessment of the ways we as a national community act toward these families. Each chapter concludes with "Reflections" of a mother, a front-line worker, or a shelter director.
- Contents:
- 1. Parenting and Public Assistance 7
- 2. Family Shelter Environments 41
- 3. Parental Rights and the Protection of Children 85
- 4. Shelter Rules 121
- 5. Individualized and Standardized Service 157
- 6. The Paradox of Self-Sufficiency: Building Community and Interdependence 189
- 8. We Need a Revolution 233.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231111045
- 0231111053
- OCLC:
- 43095785
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