New perspectives on poverty: policies, programs, and practice

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.