Changing welfare services : case studies of local welfare reform programs / Michael J. Austin, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Maureen Borland -- Introduction / Michael J. Austin -- Sect. I. An overview of welfare reform implementation and practice -- Ch. 1. Implementing welfare reform and guiding organizational change / Sarah Carnochan and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 2. Overview of innovative programs and practices / Jonathan Prince and Michael J. Austin -- Sect. II. Redefining service delivery -- Ch. 3. Connections shuttle : transportation for CalWORKs participants / Debbie Downes and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 4. The guaranteed ride home program : transportation services for welfare-to-work participants / Christine M. Schmidt and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 5. Training exempt providers to deliver high-quality child care programs / Jonathan Prince and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 6. Integrating mental health and substance abuse services into a country welfare-to-work program / Christine M. Schmidt and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 7. Combining business with rehabilitation in a public work center for disabled and low-income participants / Jonatan Prince and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 8. The family loan program as a public-private partnership / Susan E. Doyle and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 9. The adopt-a-family program : building networks of support / Susan E. Doyle and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 10. Utilizing hotline services to sustain employment / Christine M. Schmidt and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 11. Hiring TANF participants to work in a county human services agency / Kirsten A. Deichert and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 12. Promoting self-sufficiency through individual development accounts (IDAs) / Judie Svihula and Michael J. Austin -- Sect. III. Enhancing community partnerships -- Ch. 13. Fostering neighborhood involvement in workforce development : the Alameda county neighborhood jobs pilot initiative / Judie Svihula and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 14. Neighborhood self-sufficiency centers / Christine M. Schmidt and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 15. A community partnership approach to serving the homeless / Margaret K. Libby and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 16. Wraparound services for homeless TANF families recovering from substance abuse / Debbie Downes and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 17. Building a coalition of nonprofit agencies to collaborate with a county health and human services agency / Margaret K. Libby and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 18. Collaborative partnerships between a human services agency and local community colleges / Kirsten A. Deichert and Michael J. Austin -- Sect. IV. Promoting agency restructuring -- Ch. 19. Introducing organizational development (OD) practices into a county human service agency / Andrea DuBrow, Donna Wocher and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 20. Preparing human service workers to implement welfare reform : establishing the family development credential in a human services agency / Judie Svihula and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 21. Merging a workforce investment board and a department of social services into a county department of employment and human services / Jonathan Prince and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 22. Blending multiple funding streams into county welfare-to-work programs / Christine M. Schmidt and Michael J. Austin -- Ch. 23. Crossover services between child welfare and welfare-to-work programs / Jonathan Prince and Michael J. Austin -- Sect. V. Conclusion and future considerations -- Ch. 24. Managing out : the community practice dimensions of effective agency management / Michael J. Austin.

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