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Social welfare : fighting poverty and homelessness

Main Author: Doak, Melissa J.
Language:English
Published: Detroit, MI: Thomson/Gale, 2008.
Series:The information series on current topics
Subjects:
Economic assistance, Domestic -- > Statistics -- > United States
Social problems -- > Statistics -- > United States
Economic assistance, Domestic -- > United States
Public welfare -- > Statistics -- > United States
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Poverty in the United States
  • 2. Who are the poor?
  • 3. Public programs to fight poverty
  • 4. Characteristics of the homeless
  • 5. The housing problem
  • 6. Dealing with the problem of homelessness
  • 7. Health and hunger
  • Important names and addresses

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