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Prevalence and Patterns of Earned Income Tax Credit Use Among Eligible Tax-Filing Families: A Panel Study, 1999–2005
Richard K. Caputo
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3950
Families in Society,
2010, v. 91,
no. 1, page(s) 8-15 | Document Type: Article
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The Effect of Privatization on Advocacy: Social Work State-Level Advocacy With the Executive Branch
Joe Squillace
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3951
Families in Society,
2010, v. 91,
no. 1, page(s) 25-30 | Document Type: Article
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Postincarceration Policies for Those With Criminal Drug Convictions: A National Policy Review
Lena M. Lundgren, Marah A. Curtis, & Catherine Oettinger
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3952
Families in Society,
2010, v. 91,
no. 1, page(s) 31-38 | Document Type: Article
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Housed But Homeless? Negotiating Everyday Life in a Shared Housing Program
Uzo Anucha
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3953
Families in Society,
2010, v. 91,
no. 1, page(s) 67-75 | Document Type: Article
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Critical Theory: Pathway From Dichotomous to Integrated Social Work Practice
Lorraine Moya Salas, Soma Sen, & Elizabeth A. Segal
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3961
Families in Society,
2010, v. 91,
no. 1, page(s) 91-96 | Document Type: Article
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Justifying Sex: The Place of Women’s Sexuality on a Social Justice Agenda
Laina Y. Bay-Cheng
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3962
Families in Society,
2010, v. 91,
no. 1, page(s) 97-103 | Document Type: Article
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Using the Miracle Question in Community Engagement and Planning (Research Note)
Leslie D. Hollingsworth, Paula Allen-Meares, Trina R. Shanks, & Larry M. Gant
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3897
Families in Society,
2009, v. 90,
no. 3, page(s) 332-335 | Document Type: Article
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Growing Through Organizational Change (At the Agency)
Ann M. Callahan
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3898
Families in Society,
2009, v. 90,
no. 3, page(s) 329-331 | Document Type: Article
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Justice Implications of the Proposed Federal Family and Work Tax Credits: Applying Justice Theories to Policy Advocacy
Laura Brierton Granruth
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3875
Families in Society,
2009, v. 90,
no. 2, page(s) 205-211 | Document Type: Article
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Entry Into Restrictive Care Settings: Placements of Last Resort?
Sigrid James, John Landsverk, Laurel K. Leslie, Donald J. Slymen, & Jinjin Zhang
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3760
Families in Society,
2008, v. 89,
no. 3, page(s) 348-359 | Document Type: Article
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Making Your Agency Outcome Informed: A Guide to Overcoming Human Resistance to Change
Joseph Yeager & Michael L. Saggese
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3704
Families in Society,
2008, v. 89,
no. 1, page(s) 9-18 | Document Type: Article
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A Small Act of Creativity: Fostering Creativity in Clinical Social Work Practice*
Mo Yee Lee
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3705
Families in Society,
2008, v. 89,
no. 1, page(s) 19-32 | Document Type: Article
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The Rise of Cyberactivism: Implications for the Future of Advocacy in the Human Services
John G. McNutt & Goutham M. Menon
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3706
Families in Society,
2008, v. 89,
no. 1, page(s) 33-38 | Document Type: Article
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Evidence for the Art of Social Work*
Clay T. Graybeal
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3673
Families in Society,
2007, v. 88,
no. 4, page(s) 513-523 | Document Type: Article
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The Work Lives of the Low-Income Welfare Poor
David I. Siegel & Ann Abbott
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3649
Families in Society,
2007, v. 88,
no. 3, page(s) 401-412 | Document Type: Article
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Beyond Technique: Performance and the Art of Social Work Practice*
Lucy Vance Seligson
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.1843
Families in Society,
2004, v. 85,
no. 4, page(s) 531-537 | Document Type: Article
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Ending Social Work’s Grudge Match: Problems Versus Strengths*
J. Curtis McMillen, Lisa Morris, & Michael Sherraden
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.1492
Families in Society,
2004, v. 85,
no. 3, page(s) 317-325 | Document Type: Article
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A Differential Model of Advocacy in Social Work Practice*
Paul P. Freddolino, David P. Moxley, & Christine A. Hyduk
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.241
Families in Society,
2004, v. 85,
no. 1, page(s) 119-128 | Document Type: Article
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Defining Social Justice in a Socially Unjust World
Michael Reisch
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.17
Families in Society,
2002, v. 83,
no. 4, page(s) 344-354 | Document Type: Article
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Total Force and the New American
Military Family: Implications for
Social Work Practice
Jo Knox and David H. Pryce
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.655
Families in Society,
1999, v. 80,
no. 2, page(s) 128-136 | Document Type: Article
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