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Intro -- THE ADOPTION INCENTIVES PROGRAM: BACKGROUND AND FUNDING -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: CHILD WELFARE: STRUCTURE AND FUNDING OF THE ADOPTION INCENTIVES PROGRAM ALONG WITH REAUTHORIZATION ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- ADOPTION INCENTIVES -- SELECTED REAUTHORIZATION ISSUES -- RELATED LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS IN THE 113TH CONGRESS -- APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY OF TERMS -- APPENDIX B. TRENDS IN ADOPTIONS WITH PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE AGENCY INVOLVEMENT -- APPENDIX C. ADOPTION INCENTIVE BONUS STRUCTURE -- APPENDIX D. ADOPTIONS AND INCENTIVES EARNED BY CATEGORY AND STATE -- APPENDIX E. CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE AND WAITING FOR ADOPTION BY STATE -- Chapter 2: TESTIMONY OF NICOLE DOBBINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VOICE FOR ADOPTION. HEARING ON ''INCREASING ADOPTIONSFROM FOSTER CARE'' -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF RITA L. SORONEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION. HEARING ON ''INCREASING ADOPTIONS FROM FOSTER CARE'' -- WENDY'S WONDERFUL KIDS CHILD-FOCUSED RECRUITMENT MODEL AND MANAGEMENT -- CHILD-FOCUSED RECRUITMENT EVALUATION -- SCALING THE MODEL AND COST IMPLICATIONS -- CONTINUING CHALLENGES AND HOPE -- Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF KELLY ROSATI, VICEPRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, FOCUS ON THE FAMILY. HEARINGON ''INCREASING ADOPTIONS FROM FOSTER CARE'' -- I. THE CURRENT STATE OF THE US FOSTERCARE SYSTEM -- II. THE EMPHASIS OF OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH CHILD WELFARE -- III. PROGRAM OUTCOMES -- IV. CRUCIAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF WAIT NO MORE -- V. OUTSIDE ENDORSEMENTS FOR WAIT NO MORE -- APPENDIX A. ADOPTION INITIATIVE HALVES NUMBERS OF KIDS NEEDING FAMILIES -- APPENDIX B. FINDING FAMILIES FOR WASHINGTON'S WAITING KIDS RESULTS OVERVIEW -- Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF PAT O'BRIEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!THE OLDER CHILD ADOPTION &.

Intro -- NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY AND A PLAN TO REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY -- ABSTRACT -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- SECTION 1. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY -- SECTION 2. THE CURRENT CONTEXT -- 3. THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY -- 4. APPROACH TO OPERATIONALIZING AND EVALUATING THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY -- APPENDIX A. ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS -- APPENDIX B. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY HEALTH EQUITY TEAM (FIHET) (NPA FEDERAL TEAM) -- APPENDIX C. NATIONAL HEALTH DISPARITIES VISIONARY PANEL PARTICIPANT LIST -- APPENDIX D. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION AND NATIONAL HEALTH DISPARITIES PLAN CONSENSUS MEETINGS -- APPENDIX E. LIST OF ACRONYMS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: HHS ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES: A NATION FREE OF DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE -- INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES -- VISION AND PURPOSE -- OVERARCHING SECRETARIAL PRIORITIES -- GOAL I. TRANSFORM HEALTH CARE -- GOAL II: STRENGTHEN THE NATION'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORKFORCE -- GOAL III: ADVANCE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- GOAL IV. ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION -- GOAL V. INCREASE EFFICIENCY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF HHS PROGRAMS -- APPENDIX A. PROVISIONS IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES -- APPENDIX B. KEY OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE HEALTH DISPARITY REDUCTION ACTIVITIES AT THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES -- APPENDIX C. KEY DISPARITY MEASURES -- APPENDIX D. LIST OF ACRONYMS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Intro -- HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: PREVENTION POLICIES AND STRATEGIES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: HOMELESSNESS IN ENGLAND -- 1. THE CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS -- 2. THE NUMBER OF STATUTORILY HOMELESS PEOPLE -- 3. LABOUR'S NATIONAL HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY -- 4. THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH AND COMMENT -- 5. LOCAL AUTHORITIES' DUTIES -- 6. STATISTICAL APPENDIX -- Chapter 2: MAKING EVERY CONTACT COUNT: A JOINT APPROACH TO PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- SECTION 1. PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS -- SECTION 2. THE JOURNEY TO HOMELESSNESS -GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS -- SECTION 3. LOCAL LEADERSHIP, INNOVATIVE FUNDING AND SERVICE INTEGRATION -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3: ROUGH SLEEPING -- 1. THE CAUSES OF ROUGH SLEEPING -- 2. THE ROUGH SLEEPERS INITIATIVE (RSI) -- 3. AFTER THE RSI: REDUCING ROUGH SLEEPING BY TWO THIRDS BY 2002 -- 4. EXTENDING THE PRIORITY NEED CATEGORIES - 2002 -- 5. A TARGET TO END ROUGH SLEEPING BY 2012 -- 6. THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH (2010 ONWARDS) -- 7. NIGHT SHELTERS AND HOUSING BENEFIT (THE ANGLESEY CASE) -- 8. THE NUMBER OF ROUGH SLEEPERS -- INDEX.

"The Border Crossed Us explores efforts to restrict and expand notions of US citizenship as they relate specifically to the US-Mexico border and Latina/o identity. Borders and citizenship go hand in hand. Borders define a nation as a territorial entity and create the parameters for national belonging, but the relationship between borders and citizenship breeds perpetual anxiety over the purported sanctity of the border, the security of a nation, and the integrity of civic identity. In The Border Crossed Us, Josue David Cisneros addresses these themes as they relate to the US-Mexico border, arguing that issues ranging from the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 to contemporary debates about Latina/o immigration and border security are negotiated rhetorically through public discourse. He explores these rhetorical battles through case studies of specific Latina/o struggles for civil rights and citizenship, including debates about Mexican American citizenship in the 1849 California Constitutional Convention, the 1960s Chicana/o civil rights movements, and modern-day immigrant activism. Cisneros posits that borders--both geographic and civic--have crossed and recrossed Latina/o communities throughout history (as reflected in the popular activist chant from which the book derives its title, "We didn't cross the border; the border crossed us!") and that Latina/os in the United States have long contributed to, struggled with, and sought to cross or challenge the borders of belonging, including race, culture, language, and gender. The Border Crossed Us illuminates the enduring significance and evolution of U.S. borders and citizenship, and provides programmatic and theoretical suggestions for the continued study of these critical issues"--

Confronting Suburbanization; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Chapter 1 The Challenge of Postsocialist Suburbanization; Introduction; Urbanization, Suburbanization, and Socioeconomic Order; Urban growth under socialism; The postsocialist suburban revolution; Placing Postsocialist Suburbanization in the Context of Global Urbanization and Sustainable Development; Postsocialist suburbanization and global urbanism; The postsocialist sprawl and sustainability; Book structure and organization.

Bullying is one of today's biggest problems. Bullying is the intentional repeated aggression directed at a target individual. There is substantial evidence of the negative psychological and health outcomes associated with bullying. It occurs very frequently, especially in adolescence, and action is needed to lessen its causes and alleviate its consequences. Research has shown that behavior problems usually interact with other risk and protection factors, as well as with factors of etiological development. This book discusses the prevalence, psychological impacts and intervention strategies of bullying.

Do things such as performance indicators, valuation formulas, consumer tests, stock prices or financial contracts represent an external reality? Or do they rather constitute, in a performative fashion, what they refer to? The Provoked Economy tackles this question from a pragmatist angle, considering economic reality as a ceaselessly provoked reality. It takes the reader through a series of diverse empirical sites - from public administrations to stock exchanges, from investment banks to marketing facilities and business schools - in order to explore what can be seen fr.

The brutal rape of a young woman on a bus in Delhi in 2012 lit a spark of outrage across the world. Young women marched in protest, urging recognition of the rights of women and greater gender equality. This book emerges in response to the young woman's subsequent death and the protests which followed. The contributors have come together to present a detailed analysis of the position of women in South Asia, the issue of violence and the long struggle for gender equality. They analyze violence in a number of countries and examine the courage and bravery of the many women who are fighting for justice.