Parenting in public : family shelter and public assistance

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Label

Parenting in public : family shelter and public assistance

Title remainder

family shelter and public assistance

Creator

• Friedman, Donna Haig

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• Family social work -- United States
• Homeless families -- Government policy -- United States
• Homeless families -- United States
• Electronic books
• Social work with the homeless -- United States
• Shelters for the homeless -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

When parents must rely on public assistance and family shelters to provide for their children's most basic needs, they lose autonomy. Within a system of public assistance that already stigmatizes and isolates its beneficiaries, their family lives become subject to public scrutiny and criticism. They are parenting in public. This book is an in-depth examination of 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 they are experienced by mothers and service providers. Following each chapter are the "reflections" of a mother who has parented in a shelter, a front-line worker, and a shelter director. The author and contributors propose a "Power With" policy and practice framework that runs counter to the prevailing "Power Over" cultural policy trends

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

362.82/83

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult