Child & Family Policy Center - Featured Publications

Featured Publications

Poverty

The Northwest Area Foundation recently published Volume 1 of Policy Matters: Policy Levers to Reduce Poverty and Build Prosperity. Charles Bruner, Director of the Child and FamilyPolicyCenter, is author of Volume 1, “Reshaping the Advocacy Direction on Poverty Reduction: Bridging Individual and Community Strategies.” Bruner describes two complementary but traditionally separate approaches to poverty reduction: (1) a work pathways to economic self-sufficiency that focuses upon individuals and personal responsibility and opportunity, and (2) a community building and social justice pathway to community vitality that focuses upon broader community economic strategies. He describes the lessons learned from past efforts in each area and argues for developing advocacy strategies within states that bridge the two. Click here to view the report.

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Early Childhood & School Readiness

Beyond Parallel Play: Emerging State and Community Planning Roles in Building Early Learning Systems
by Julia Coffman, Michelle Stover Wright and Charles Bruner | $12
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Beyond the Usual Suspects: Developing New Allies to Invest in School Readiness
by Charles Bruner | $10
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Child Welfare and School Readiness: Making the Link for Vulnerable Children
by Linda McCart and Charles Bruner, with Patricia Schene
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Seven Things Policy Makers Need to Know about School Readiness
by Charles Bruner, Sheri Floyd, and Abby Copeman | $10
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Village Building and School Readiness: Closing Opportunity Gaps in a Diverse Society
by Charles Bruner with Michelle Stover Wright, Syed Noor Tirmizi, and the School Readiness, Culture, and Language Working Group of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, with commentaries by Lynson Moore Beaulieu, Hedy Nai-Lin Chang, Dr. Robin Jarrett, Dr. Audrey Jordan, G. Thomas Kingsley, Dr. Jane Knitzer, Dr. Edward L. Schor, Lisbeth B Schorr, Dr. Ken Seeley, Ralph R. Smith, and Yoland Trevino | $12
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Family Support and Frontline Service Strategies

Instilling Hope and Transforming Community: A Guide to Developing Community Leadership Teams
by Deana Brickles, Charles Bruner, Betsy Marmaras, and Lois Smidt | $10

Wise Counsel: Redefining the Role of Consumers, Professionals, and Community Workers in the Helping Process
by Charles Bruner, Edgar Cahn, Audrey Gartner, Robert Giloth, Toby Herr, Jill Kinney, Frank Riessman, Margaret Trent, Yoland Trevino, and Suzanne Wagner | $10

Collaboration, Service Integration, & Comprehensive, Community-Based Services

Defining the Prize: From Agreed-Upon Outcomes to Results-Based Accountability
by Charles Bruner | $15

Funding What Works: Exploring the Role of Research on Effective Programs and Practices in Government Decision-Making
by Charles Bruner, Mark Greenberg, Cynthia Guy, Michael Little, Lisbeth Schorr, Heather Weiss with Ron Cowell, Tom Gamble, Christina Groark, and Clay Yeager | $15

Getting to the Grassroots: Neighborhood Organizing and Mobilization
by Charles Bruner and Maria Chavez | $15

Resident Experts: Supporting Neighborhood Organizations and Individuals in Collecting and Using Information
by Veronika Kot and Charles Bruner | $5

Social Services System Reform in Poor Neighborhoods: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out
by Charles Bruner | $5

Child Welfare & Family Preservation

Child Welfare, Medicaid, and Managed Care: Lessons Learned in Iowa
by Charles Bruner | $5

Citizen Review Panels for the Child Protective Services System: Guidelines and Protocols
by Veronika Kot and Charles Bruner with Stephen Scott | $5

Financing and Outcomes Accountability in Child Welfare: An Assessment of the State of the Field
by Charles Bruner | $5

Supporting Effective Citizen Involvement in Child Protective Services: A Guide for State and Local Officials
by Stephen Scott and Charles Bruner | $5

PUBLISHER KEY: C= Child and Family Policy Center, N = National Center for Service Integration, S = State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network. Please visit the order page to purchase.