Asserts the United States is entering a period of social policy devolution, funding cuts for social benefits and services and a major philosophical shift in the premises underlying social policy. Discusses the implications of these policy trends on social work. Stresses the importance of social workers becoming informed about such developments to…

This booklet presents the results of a survey of child care programs in nine countries: Canada, France, The Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia. Data (prepared in 1974) was assembled for each of the countries by researchers in that country. Eleven facets of child care programs…

This report concerns the feasibility of developing and putting into operation a family impact statement. Creation of a process for assessing the potential effect of policies on families is seen as particularly important now, given the current state of the economy, projected funding cutbacks for social programs, and the increasing need to identify…