Within Our Reach - Hardcover

Schorr, Lisbeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385242433 ISBN 13: 9780385242431

Publisher: Doubleday, 1988

Synopsis

Describes twenty-four programs involving health care, social services, child care, and education

About this title

From the Publisher:

In this solidly researched book, tne authors demonstrate that the knowledge and techniques exist to decrease the incidence of welfare dependency, poor single-parent families and alienated, uneducated youth. In addition to providing a detailed account of the problem, they describe twenty-four programs that have proved successful in changing the lives of seriously disadvantaged children.

From Library Journal:

This book, emphasizing the necessity for intensive, knowledgeably planned and staffed social services for young children, families, and adolescents identified as being at risk, picks up where Marian Wright Edelman's excellent Families in Peril ( LJ 3/1/87) left off. Schorr describes programs that have worked to weaken the cycle of disadvantagesome short-term, limited demonstration models; others (community health centers, Headstart) of longer duration and broader scale. She persuasively argues for America's self-interest in intervening to change the odds for these disadvantaged individuals and urges public support for leaders who will actively promote constructive action. Well-researched, well-documented, well-written, this is highly recommended. Suzanne W. Wood, SUNY Coll. of Technology, Alfred
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0385242433
• ISBN 13: 9780385242431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 398