Social Welfare Programs: Narratives from Hard Times
"…provides an excellent framework to understanding on public social welfare policy. The impingement of our tripartite public systems on basic social welfare programs is essential knowledge base for all social workers. The anecdotal cases- recorded by the client in colloquial language plus the many case law summaries--apply and illustrate the impact of legislative, administrative, and judicial law on their lives.""I would describe the "hard times" narratives as a very valuable resource for social work practice and HBSE students learning about the consequences of economic dislocation and the absence of adequate income for life and health; and of equal importance, learning about the coping efforts and survival skills of social welfare program clients."