Outlines some of the achievements of the Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth (SPEDY) during the summer of 1978. Four programs in Virginia, Minnesota, Texas, and Washington are examined not because they are exemplary but because they illustrate what is happening in some of the better youth employment programs around the country. (CT)

Holds that the occupation of abandoned urban dwellings by squatters is an outgrowth of bureaucratic inflexibility, discrimination, and social-spatial exclusion. Discusses the history of squatting as a social movement in Great Britain since the late 1960s. (GC)

Examines changes in incidences of poverty among the aged using measures that include in-kind public and private transfers, tax liabilities, and a share of net worth. Alternative poverty threshold indicators are suggested for use with the improved economic-status measure. These changes make possible alternative estimates of progress against poverty…

Municipal hospitals traditionally serve the politically weak. Unless an educational effort can be mounted to inform the general public of the important and irreplaceable role fulfilled by these hospitals, the poor may find themselves without services or with inadequate services. (Author/GC)

The use of physical violence on students affronts democratic values and infringes on individual rights; furthermore, a study of school violence found a high correlation between physical punishment and violent behavior of students. (Author/MLF)

Initial interviews between lawyers in a legal-services-for-the-poor program and their clients were observed in order to discover relative degrees of power and to describe the process of exercising control in professional-client relations. (Author)

The article examines the impact of poverty and cultural background on the educational attainment of children. It is concluded that each factor uniquely influences mediating variables which determine educability and, ultimately, educational attainment. (Author/PHR)

"Earnings capacity" is suggested as an alternative to "annual money income" as an indicator of economic status. The socioeconomic and demographic determinants of poverty as measured by earnings capacity and by annual money income are compared and contrasted. (WL)

Tests a crucial assumption in the debate between those who advocate ghetto development and those who advocate ghetto dispersal: that the suburban jobs held by urban poverty-area residents are economically superior to the jobs held by those who both live and work in the poverty area. An analysis of data from the 1970 Census Employment Survey finds…

This review is aimed at highlighting the impact of economic deprivation on the family, the nucleus of any social system. The low income families receiving "aid for families of the dependent children" (AFDC) are the focus. (Author)

Describes efforts by the Council of Educational Facility Planners International to evaluate and modernize poor, rural schools in Honduras. A positive reaction to the visitation by government officials and teachers is revealed leading to the planned use of a model school program to guide school transformation. (GR)

Reviews current research on the incidence and duration of child poverty and intergenerational poverty. Trends in the incidence of child poverty, the demographic characteristics of children, and labor market conditions are discussed, along with a summary of research that relates changes in children's demographic conditions and the economy to child…

Examines public attitudes toward children, poverty, and government. Concludes that the American public tends toward an integrative perspective that values individual initiative even as it supports opportunities for all Americans. Government programs that fit the practical needs of everyday life are favored. Such programs should support personal…

Examines the historical blighting of African-American slaves' minds, which stripped them of their African culture. Examines the effect on African-American children, as well as other children of color. Offers suggestions for coping with the problems of modern schools in terms of respecting and teaching these children that the system is the problem,…

Medicaid managed care will have an important impact on Medicaid recipients and uninsured people who live in cities. This article identifies roles for social workers in supporting clients in the transition to Medicaid managed care and in advocating for policies that will improve access to care for disadvantaged urban populations. (RB)