Sidney L. Gardner

Cities, Counties, Kids, and Families

The Essential Role of Local Government

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cities, Counties, Kids, and Families outlines a model for developing strategic policy for responding to children and family issues in local governments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780761830948
• ISBN-10: 0761830944
• Artikelnr.: 21015377

Autorenporträt

Sidney L. Gardner serves as President of Children and Family Futures, a non-profit firm based in Irvine, California, which provides planning, evaluation and consulting services to government agencies, community-based organizations, and schools. Mr. Gardner served as Director of California State University, Fullerton's Center for Collaboration for Children, a consultant to the White House Domestic Council, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Director of the Hartford Private Industry Council, and an elected member of the City Council in Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Occidental College and was awarded a Master's degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University and a Master's degree in Religious Studies from Hartford Seminary.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 Frequently Used Abbreviations and
Acronyms Chapter 3 List of Tables Chapter 4 A Personal Preface Chapter 5
Acknowledgments Chapter 6 Introduction Chapter 7 Strategy and Realities
Chapter 8 Introduction to Section Two Chapter 9 Missing from Theory and
Practice: The Role of Local Government Chapter 10 Still Fragmented, After
All These Years Chapter 11 Strategic Policy: Moving the Bar Up Chapter 12
Making Better Policy through Two Sets of Tools: Using Information and
Shaping Values Chapter 13 Reframing Ethical Issues in Services to Children,
Youth, and Families Chapter 14 The Budget is the Policy Chapter 15 The
Intergovernmental Stew: Cities and Counties; States and the Feds Chapter 16
Introduction to Section Three: The Four Forces Chapter 17 Families and
Generations: The Connections Across Policies Chapter 18 Race, Culture, and
Religion as Children and Family Issues Chapter 19 Community and
Neighborhood Roles in Children and Family Policy Chapter 20 Regionalism and
a Family Agenda Chapter 21 Introduction to Section Four Chapter 22
Education and Learning-The Inescapable Priorities Chapter 23 Abuse of
Alcohol and Other Drugs as a Children and Family Issue Chapter 24 Family
Support Programs and Family Income Support: The Future of FRCs as a Policy
Choice for Local Government Chapter 25 Youth Development as a Function of
Local Governments Chapter 26 The Role of Local Government in the Future
Chapter 27 Putting It All Together: The Challenge of Leadership in Local
Government Chapter 28 Author Biographical Sketch