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Implementing Comprehensive Community Development: Possibilities and Limitations.
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Chaskin, Robert J.; Joseph, Mark L.; Chipenda-Dansokho, Selma – Social Work, 1997
Outlines the rationale for promoting comprehensive development in troubled communities. Argues that such approaches employ strategies that address the social, physical, and economic needs and circumstances of community residents. Looks at historical and current approaches and examines the experience of the Ford Foundation's Neighborhood and Family…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Poverty, Program Descriptions
Asset Building as a Community Revitalization Strategy.
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Page-Adams, Deborah; Sherraden, Michael – Social Work, 1997
Summarizes findings from studies that address the effects of assets on personal well-being, economic security, civic behavior, women's status, and children's well-being. Examines implications of asset-building demonstrations and research, presenting it as a new way of thinking about antipoverty strategies where resources are emphasized more than…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Building Community: Principles for Social Work Practice in Housing Settings.
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Cohen, Carol S.; Phillips, Michael H. – Social Work, 1997
Examines the Phipps Houses Group, a nonprofit housing developer, in its attempt to foster a sense of community and family well-being in housing developments. Discusses the community development program and gives a profile of tenants. Suggests that this model should become more common as direct federal housing development diminishes. (RJM)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Housing Opportunities, Poverty
Countering Urban Disinvestment through Community-Building Initiatives.
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Naparstek, Arthur J.; Dooley, Dennis – Social Work, 1997
Reviews policy approaches to, and legislation for, community revitalization. Discusses how early federal policies contributed to the segregation and isolation of poor neighborhoods and describes how new community-based programs counter the urban disinvestment practices that fostered segregation. Outlines policies that recognize the need for…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Intervention, Poverty
Strengthening Neighborhoods by Developing Community Networks.
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Morrison, John D.; Howard, Joy; Johnson, Casey; Navarro, Francisco J.; Plachetka, Beth; Bell, Tony – Social Work, 1997
Develops a comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of urban, low-income, multicultural communities. Outlines a neighborhood network that focuses on the developmental needs of youth, engages residents, and promotes interdisciplinary services. Examines one school of social work's efforts to help a neighborhood develop such a network. (RJM)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Models
Public Schools and Revitalization of Impoverished Communities: School-Linked, Family Resource Centers.
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Dupper, David R.; Poertner, John – Social Work, 1997
Discusses the rationale behind the movement to link services to schools through school-linked, family resource centers. Describes several exemplary program, already developed, and outlines the promise this movement holds as a major social work strategy for revitalizing communities. Focuses on parental involvement, skill development, and how to…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs