Giffords, Elissa D., <br/><br/>
New perspectives on poverty :  policies, programs, and practice / 
Elissa D. Giffords, Long Island University Post Campus, Karen R. Garber, Nassau County Department of Social Services. 
 - xxiii, 539 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword -- Preface -- List of tables and figures -- What is poverty? -- Contemporary responses to poverty -- Employment, poverty, and social welfare -- People experiencing homelessness -- Families, women, and children -- Older adults -- People with disabilities -- Persons with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders -- Poverty among immigrants and refugees -- Poverty and its impact on the military family and the American veteran -- Poverty : what you can do -- Glossary -- Index -- About the contributors. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781935871521 1935871528 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014000034 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poverty--United States.<br/>Human services--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social policy--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC110.P6  / G474 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.50973