Cities, Counties, Kids, and Families

Sidney L. Gardner serves as President of Children and Family Futures, a non-profit firm based in Irvine, California, which provides planning, evaluation and consulting services to government agencies, community-based organizations, and schools. Mr. Gardner served as Director of California State University, Fullerton's Center for Collaboration for Children, a consultant to the White House Domestic Council, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Director of the Hartford Private Industry Council, and an elected member of the City Council in Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Occidental College and was awarded a Master's degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University and a Master's degree in Religious Studies from Hartford Seminary.

Gardner, president of Children and Family Futures, a nonprofit organization that provides planning, evaluation, and consulting services to government agencies, community organizations, and schools, is a veteran who has spent decades in the trenches. He offers extensive, relevant information and savvy advice. As a reult, this volume is an excellent handbook that ranges comfortably between specific examples and general lessons.Summing Up: RECOMMENDED. General readers, upper-division undergraduates and professionals/practitioners.

• Chapter 1 List of FiguresChapter 2 Frequently Used Abbreviations and AcronymsChapter 3 List of TablesChapter 4 A Personal PrefaceChapter 5 AcknowledgmentsChapter 6 IntroductionChapter 7 Strategy and RealitiesChapter 8 Introduction to Section TwoChapter 9 Missing from Theory and Practice: The Role of Local GovernmentChapter 10 Still Fragmented, After All These YearsChapter 11 Strategic Policy: Moving the Bar UpChapter 12 Making Better Policy through Two Sets of Tools: Using Information and Shaping ValuesChapter 13 Reframing Ethical Issues in Services to Children, Youth, and FamiliesChapter 14 The Budget is the PolicyChapter 15 The Intergovernmental Stew: Cities and Counties; States and the FedsChapter 16 Introduction to Section Three: The Four ForcesChapter 17 Families and Generations: The Connections Across PoliciesChapter 18 Race, Culture, and Religion as Children and Family IssuesChapter 19 Community and Neighborhood Roles in Children and Family PolicyChapter 20 Regionalism and a Family AgendaChapter 21 Introduction to Section FourChapter 22 Education and Learning-The Inescapable PrioritiesChapter 23 Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs as a Children and Family IssueChapter 24 Family Support Programs and Family Income Support: The Future of FRCs as a Policy Choice for Local GovernmentChapter 25 Youth Development as a Function of Local GovernmentsChapter 26 The Role of Local Government in the FutureChapter 27 Putting It All Together: The Challenge of Leadership in Local GovernmentChapter 28 Author Biographical Sketch