Community Action Against Poverty
Title | Community Action Against Poverty PDF eBook |
Author | Mobilization for Youth |
Publisher | New Haven : College & University Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | New York (N.Y.) |
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Community Action Leaders
Title | Community Action Leaders PDF eBook |
Author | Beverly Bunch |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 371 |
Release | 2016-08-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317191870 |
Nationwide, approximately 1,000 Community Action agencies advocate for the poor and provide diverse but critical services such as (but not limited to) emergency food and shelter, energy bill assistance, weatherization, education, job training, transportation, housing, and health services. In the face of dynamic environments and shifting poverty needs, Community Action agencies are constantly seeking innovative ways to effectively address poverty in their communities while building their internal capacity to ensure sustained impact and outcomes. This book focuses on the major leadership roles and responsibilities of the Community Action leaders, the types of challenges they face, and how they address those challenges, covering questions such as: How do Community Action leaders identify the needs of low-income people and use that knowledge to tailor programs to meet those needs? In what ways are low-income people involved in Community Action agencies (e.g. board or advisory council members, volunteers, employees, advocates)? What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with their participation? How do the leaders and their staff assess and demonstrate the effectiveness of their organizations and programs? What challenges do they encounter in assessing and communicating performance? What approaches are Community Action leaders using to diversify their revenues? What are the advantages and challenges associated with those approaches? How are the leaders developing their staffs and preparing for leadership succession? How do the leaders benefit from an affiliation with state and national associations? Through original and comprehensive research undertaken by the Center for State Policy and Leadership at the University of Illinois Springfield and the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies (IACAA), this book is designed to inform and enhance leadership in Community Action agencies and other nonprofit or government organizations with similar missions. It is written in a nontechnical manner and includes a chapter on the history and evolution of Community Action agencies for readers who are unfamiliar with Community Action and the War on Poverty. It will be required reading for professionals working at the frontlines of income inequality, as well as university professors and their students in the fields of public administration, nonprofit management, and social work.
Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding
Title | Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
Publisher | New York : Free Press |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Discusses all the problems which beset poor relief efforts in New York in the 1960s.
A Relevant War Against Poverty
Title | A Relevant War Against Poverty PDF eBook |
Author | Jeannette Hopkins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Community Action Against Poverty
Title | Community Action Against Poverty PDF eBook |
Author | George A. Brager |
Publisher | NCUP |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1967-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780808400882 |
Poverty in Common
Title | Poverty in Common PDF eBook |
Author | Alyosha Goldstein |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 2012-03-23 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0822351811 |
This work looks at inter-related post WWII case studies to analyze the ways in which different groups, mostly governmental agencies and emerging activist organizations, invoked the idea of "community" in anti-poverty initiatives during the late 1950s and 1960s.
The War on Poverty
Title | The War on Poverty PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Office of Economic Opportunity |
Publisher | |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Economic assistance, Domestic |
ISBN |