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The Routledge Handbook on Financial Social Work explicates the
financial needs, issues, and interventions within populations and
theoretical approaches, and it assists clinician practitioners in
intervening expertly and comprehensively. This book covers a range
of issues in populations seeking services around complex financial
needs and struggles, including those in the child welfare system;
those with housing issues or facing homelessness; those coping with
chronic and acute medical and psychiatric illnesses; those
recovering from interpersonal violence; those facing recovery from
incarceration; children and families involved in the child welfare
system; and much more. In addition, policies will be woven in to
inform the work. This book thoroughly explores research and
evidence-based interventions around each population, and teaches
clinicians to understand and treat financial distress holistically
and empathically. This handbook will explain why understanding
financial capability in these populations is so critical and how
clinicians can step up their practices to meet those needs.
Professionals from multiple disciplines ranging from financial
therapists to social workers to financial coaches to financial
planners will find this handbook eminently useful.
Global economic recovery in the aftermath of the Great Recession
has not been experienced equally: while the share of wealth owned
by the richest 3% has grown, the share owned by the poorest 90%
continues to decline, as reported by Oxfam in 2016. This wealth
divide disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minority
communities. This book underscores the importance of financial
capability and asset building (FCAB) practice, policy and research
during a period when vulnerable populations face increasingly
difficult economic and financial realities. At the same time,
retrenchment and privatization of government-sponsored social
services have eroded the safety net available for families
experiencing poverty or near-poverty conditions. The proliferation
of products and services available from both formal and informal
financial institutions highlights the need to promote FCAB to avoid
and/or recover from financial difficulties, crises and poverty. The
contributors to this volume disseminate findings from interventions
designed to increase financial knowledge, financial management and
financial access across several vulnerable populations, including
immigrant communities. Further, they demonstrate the need for
culturally sensitive FCAB service delivery, considering
opportunities and barriers posed by past and current life
situations, experiences and environments experienced by different
populations. The book is aimed at policymakers, researchers and
practitioners who assist financially vulnerable people. This book
was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Community Practice.
Global economic recovery in the aftermath of the Great Recession
has not been experienced equally: while the share of wealth owned
by the richest 3% has grown, the share owned by the poorest 90%
continues to decline, as reported by Oxfam in 2016. This wealth
divide disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minority
communities. This book underscores the importance of financial
capability and asset building (FCAB) practice, policy and research
during a period when vulnerable populations face increasingly
difficult economic and financial realities. At the same time,
retrenchment and privatization of government-sponsored social
services have eroded the safety net available for families
experiencing poverty or near-poverty conditions. The proliferation
of products and services available from both formal and informal
financial institutions highlights the need to promote FCAB to avoid
and/or recover from financial difficulties, crises and poverty. The
contributors to this volume disseminate findings from interventions
designed to increase financial knowledge, financial management and
financial access across several vulnerable populations, including
immigrant communities. Further, they demonstrate the need for
culturally sensitive FCAB service delivery, considering
opportunities and barriers posed by past and current life
situations, experiences and environments experienced by different
populations. The book is aimed at policymakers, researchers and
practitioners who assist financially vulnerable people. This book
was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Community Practice.
The Routledge Handbook on Financial Social Work explicates the
financial needs, issues, and interventions within populations and
theoretical approaches, and it assists clinician practitioners in
intervening expertly and comprehensively. This book covers a range
of issues in populations seeking services around complex financial
needs and struggles, including those in the child welfare system;
those with housing issues or facing homelessness; those coping with
chronic and acute medical and psychiatric illnesses; those
recovering from interpersonal violence; those facing recovery from
incarceration; children and families involved in the child welfare
system; and much more. In addition, policies will be woven in to
inform the work. This book thoroughly explores research and
evidence-based interventions around each population, and teaches
clinicians to understand and treat financial distress holistically
and empathically. This handbook will explain why understanding
financial capability in these populations is so critical and how
clinicians can step up their practices to meet those needs.
Professionals from multiple disciplines ranging from financial
therapists to social workers to financial coaches to financial
planners will find this handbook eminently useful.
Zombie Original, The Compendium is the Complete and Uncensored Post
Apocalyptic Zombie Series which looks into a not to distant future.
From the point of view of condemned survivors, all the way to the
Special Forces Covert Zombie respose team. A compelling short story
that is hilarious at times and serves as a reminder that no matter
how much we prepare, we have no idea what we should really be
preparing for. Have fun survivors. This series Maintains a fast
vigenette style of writing that is hard to find and even harder to
put down as it brings you through the wild west that earth has
become, and presents us with the possibility of a future-esque
blade runner like 2nd earth named affectionately 'HOPE'. This
Compendium includes the 'Diary of Madness' which was a
controversial element of this series and is a rare book to find due
to its raw violent entries. The complete series contains elements
of Violence, language, sexuality, and requires a mature reader.
Though not for the squeamish your Imagination is your playground.
This story is the history of a woman who dedicated herself fully to
the three vocations in her life; first she was drawn to the
religious life and became a nun. While very happy with this choice,
circumstances at that time prompted a change of direction outside
the convent to a successful career in education that ultimately led
her back to a full and happy life as a beloved wife.
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