Public administration and disability : community services administration in the US / / [editor], Julie Ann Racino

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787852403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-429-25451-2; 1-4665-7981-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (422 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.4
• Soggetti: People with disabilities - Services for - United States; People with disabilities - Government policy - United States; Community health services - United States - Administration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor and Author; Contributors; Chapter 1: Public Administration, Disability, and Community Services; Chapter 2: Brief History of Civil Rights Movement, Disability, and Deinstitutionalization; Chapter 3: Administrative Leadership in Community Services; Chapter 4: Long-Term Community Services and Support in the US; Chapter 5: Family Support, Family Studies, and Community Services; Chapter 6: Housing and Disability: Toward Inclusive, Sustainable, and Equitable Communities; Chapter 7: Employment and Adult Day Programs in the US; Chapter 8: Comparative Community Service Systems of States: Categorical Service SystemsChapter 9: Public and Individual Budgeting and Financing; Chapter 10: Community Support Services Workforce in the US; Chapter 11: Disability Policy Research in Community Services and Public Policy; Chapter 12: International Agenda on Disability and Human Rights; Chapter 13: Future of Public Administration and Disability; Bibliography; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: This book brings together the diverse, expert perspectives of administrators, researchers, and discusses the leading efforts of the past three decades in the field of disability and community services. ; This comprehensive book covers many areas: theory and history; leadership; long-term support services in the US; family support services; housing and community; employment and adult day programs; comparative systems at the state level; services at the city level; issues in rural and independent living; public and individual budgeting/finance; contemporary workforce issues; intergovernmental relations; disability public policy and policy research; international agendas; and a look at the future--Provided by publisher.