Journal of Community Practice, Volume 23, Issue 3-4 (2015)

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Moving Beyond the Great Recession: Innovative Programmatic and Policy Responses to Poverty

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Editorial
Moving Beyond the Great Recession: Innovative Programmatic and Policy Responses to Poverty
Kelly Patterson, Robert Silverman & Anna Maria Santiago
Pages: 311-322
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Cross-Sector Collaborations and Governance Structures

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Obstacles to Social Service Collaboration in Response to the Great Recession: The Case of the Contra Costa County Safety Net Initiative
Peter T. Radu, Sarah Carnochan & Michael J. Austin
Pages: 323-347
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Mission, Vision, and Capacity of Place-Based Safety Net Hospitals: Leveraging the Power of Anchors to Strengthen Local Economies and Communities
Ziona Austrian, Serena E. Alexander, Merissa C. Piazza & Candi Clouse
Pages: 348-366
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Policy and Advocacy Tools

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Full Employment as a Permanent Policy Response to Poverty
Stephen Monroe Tomczak & Todd W. Rofuth
Pages: 367-391
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Research Supporting Policy Advocacy in an Anti-Welfare Environment: The TANF Time Limit Law in Maine
Sandra S. Butler
Pages: 392-402
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Telling a Story that Must Be Heard: Participatory Indicators as Tools for Community Empowerment
Gerardo Sandoval & Jane Rongerude
Pages: 403-414
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Community-Based Wealth Generation and Asset Building Strategies

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From Helena to Harlem: Barriers to Saving at Two SEED Sites
LeAnn Wittman & Edward Scanlon
Pages: 415-435
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Asset Building among Low Income Adults: An Exploratory Study with Participants in an Emergency Savings Program
Deborah Adams & Stacia West
Pages: 436-461
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Local Currency for Community Development: Policy Barriers and Support
Rebecca L. Mauldin
Pages: 462-476
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Poverty and Hunger

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Shrinking Budgets and Expanding Bodies: Battling Obesity When the Economic Belt is Tight
Kellie O’Dare Wilson & Diane L. Scott
Pages: 477-491
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Cultivating Community Collaboration and Community Health Through Community Gardens
Jacqueline Lanier, Julie Schumacher & Kerri Calvert
Pages: 492-507
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Exploring Community Food Insecurity Through a Culture-Centered Lens: Conflict and Tensions in ‘Voices of Hunger’
Christina L. Jones
Pages: 508-528
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Poverty in America: A Handbook, by Iceland, J.
(2012) Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, ISBN: 978-0-520-27300-9, 208 pp.
Andrew I. Repp MSW
Pages: 529-531
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Financial Capability and Asset Development: Research, Education, Policy, and Practice, by Birkenmaier, J., Sherraden, M., and Curley, J. (Eds.)
(2013). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-975595-0, 353 pp.
Gary Paul Green PhD
Pages: 532-534
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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Editorial Board

EOV Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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