Social welfare
Subtitle: fighting poverty and homelessness
By: Melissa J. Doak
Series: Information Plus Reference Series; Information Plus reference series
Publisher: Gale
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781414448671; 9781414463087
Subjects: Public welfare; Statistics; Domestic Economic assistance; Poverty; Homelessness
Description: Focuses on the social and moral issues surrounding America's homeless.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Ch 1. Poverty in the United States; title: ch 2. Who are the poor?; title: ch 3. Public programs to fight poverty; title: ch 4. Who receives government benefits?; title: ch 5. Characteristics of the homeless; title: ch 6. The housing problem; title: ch 7. Dealing with the problem of homelessness; title: ch 8. Health and hunger.