Welfare Reforms and Services for Children and Families: Setting a New Practice, Research, and Policy Agenda

摘要: This article addresses barriers to family and community self-sufficiency. Many of these have resulted from policymakers' biased definitions self-sufficiency related social program reforms. Social workers need understand the worldviews values that underlie political a greater influence on policy. describes more appropriate definition illustrates its usefulness with an example research conducted identify support needs. The author recommends changes in work practice education can enable profession stronger Finally, achieve this justice goal integrate policy development into clinical practice, proposes new agendas for profession.