Nurturing the One, Supporting the Many: The Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Peg Hess, Brenda McGowan, and Michael Botsko

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Paper, 256 pages, 8 figures, 14 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-11595-7
$35.00 / £24.00

January, 2003
Cloth, 256 pages, 8 figures, 14 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-11594-0
$100.00 / £69.00

"[T]his book should be read by all social work practitioners if for no other reason than to get a taste of what a true community-centered agency looks like; one that supports its staff and clients, believes in on-going development of practice through open dialogue and consistent supervision, and looks first to the needs of the community members when developing and implementing programs over the ever-shifting dictates of local, state and federal policies and programs." — Mary C. Bitel, Social Work with Groups

"Nurturing the One, Supporting the Many is an informative and touching book." — Journal of Community Practice

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• Social Work

About the Author

Currently on leave from the faculty of the Columbia University School of Social Work where she served for seven years as associate dean, Dr. Peg Hess is Associate Director for Research and Scholarship at the Institute for Families in Society at the University of South Carolina. Brenda McGowan (D.S.W., Columbia University) is Ruth Harris Ottman Professor of Family and Child Welfare at the School of Social Work at Columbia University. She has written numerous articles on family preservation. Michael Botsko (Ph.D., Columbia University, School of Social Work) is the Senior Program Evaluation Associate for Bailey House in New York City and a former consultant for the Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for New York.

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