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2018 Green BookUpdated version. This important resource from the House Ways and Means Committee provides descriptions and historical information on major social and economic programs, e.g., TANF, Medicare, Social Security, etc.
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Major Federal Legislation Concerned with Child Protection, Child Welfare, and AdoptionThis fact book traces federal child welfare legislation from CAPTA, 1974, through May, 2019..
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Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social WelfareSee the section, Social Policy and Policy Practice
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Social Security: Major Decisions in the House and Senate Since 1935Congressional Research Service, October, 2016
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CQ ResearcherThis resource provides 24-page reports. Useful for background information. Select the "Browse Topics" link.
Featured Books
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Adoption in America: historical perspectivesPublication Date: 2002 -
Child Protection in AmericaCall Number: Available Online and in Print -
Children of the Storm: Black Children and American Child WelfarePublication Date: 1972 -
Destinies of the Disadvantaged : the politics of teenage childbearingPublication Date: 2007 -
Dividing Lines: the politics of immigration control in AmericaPublication Date: 2002 -
In our hands: the strugge for U.S. child care policyPublication Date: 2014Also available in print: HQ778.63.P35, Alexander and Dana Libraries -
New Deal Ruins: race, economic justice, and public housing policyPublication Date: 2013Also available in print : HD7288.78.U5G64 2013, Alexander and Dana Libraries -
The New Politics of Old Age PolicyPublication Date: 2014 -
The Policy and Politics of Food Stamps and SNAPCall Number: Alexander HV696.F6G75 2015 -
The Workfare State: public assistance politics from the New Deal to the new DemocratsPublication Date: 2015
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