Handbook of Families and Poverty

Dr. Crane is a Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. He has written one sole author text, Fundamentals of Marital Therapy (1996) published by Taylor Francis (Brunner/Mazel), co-edited another Handbook of Families and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Sage, 2006), and over fifty referred journal articles and book chapters. His work has as appeared in leading scholarly journals including Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Family Issues, Family Relations, American Journal of Family Therapy, Family Process, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Families, Systems and Health, Contemporary Family Therapy and Family Therapy. He has recently completed a six year term (2000-2006) as the Director of the Families Studies Center and Associate Director for Research in the School of Family life at Brigham Young University. In addition, he has completed a six year term (2000-2006; 2006 as Chair) as a member of the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Heaton is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Associate Director of the Family Studies Center at Brigham Young University. His major research focuses on the relationship between family characteristics on children’s health in Latin America. In addition to analysis of the extensive data provided by the demographic and health surveys, he has helped collect data on mothers with children under age 5 in Bolivia and Colombia. He also continues to be interested in family demographics. Current work focuses on the divorce generation—the cohort married in the late 1960s and 1970 which experienced unprecedented divorce rates. Now half of this cohort has experienced marital disruption. He has authored over 100 articles and chapters, and authored or edited 11 books.

"Edited by two well-known family researchers at Brigham Young University, this meticulously researched compendium is a trove of useful information on areas where poverty and family issues intersect.  This volume should be the first stop for anyone beginning research on poverty and families."

• PrefaceIntroductionSection 1: What Welfare Can and Cannot Do1. Innovation in Social Policy: Evaluating State Efforts to Reform Welfare, Promote Work, and Help Low-Income Families - Gary Bryner and Ryan Martin2. Social Policy and Marriage - Lawrence M. Mead3. Working Families Should Not Be Poor – The New Hope Program - Anjali Gupta, Jessica W. Thornton and Aletha C. Huston4. Who will Care when Parents Can’t?: An Overview of Trends in Kinship Care - Kevin D. Blair and David TaylorSection 2: Poverty among Diverse Populations and Settings5. Understanding the Processes through which Economic Hardship Influences Rural Families and Children - Rand Conger and Katherine Jewsbury Conger6. Early Childhood Education and Care: An Opportunity to Enhance the Lives of Poor Children - Anna D. Johnson, Kate Tarrant and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn7. Appalachian families and poverty: Historical issues and contemporary economic trends - W. Sean Newsome, Kevin R. Bush , Charles B. Hennon, Gary W. Peterson and Stephan M. Wilson8. Poverty and Economic Polarization among Children in Racial Minority and Immigrant Families - Daniel T. Lichter, Zhenchao Qian and Martha L. Crowley9. Processes of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poor Families - Angela Abela and Charles Tabone10. Mexican American Families and Poverty - Scott L. Coltrane, Ross D. Parke, Thomas J. Schofield, Shigueru J. Tsuha, Michael Chavez and Shoon Lio11. Mexican Immigrant Childbearing Women: Social Support and Perinatal Outcomes - Lynn Clark Callister and Ana Birkhead12. Food Insecurity and Provisioning: Chronic Challenges Faced by Families Living in Poverty On the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation - Erin Feinauer Whiting and Carol J. Ward13. How Economically Disadvantaged are American Elderly Women? Gender Differences in Economic Well-Being in Old Age - Martha N. Ozawa and Hong-Sik Yoon14. The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Community Functioning of People with Serious Mental Illness and Their Families - Eric D. Johnson15. Addiction and Medicaid: A Prairie Sighting of Califano’s “Elephant in the Living Room of American Society” and State Budgets - Harvey Hillin16. Incarceration, Poverty, and Families - Stephen J. Bahr17. Children’s Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families - W. Jean Yeung and Rebecca K. Glauber18. Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes for Children in Poverty - R. Gabriela Barajas, Nina Philipsen, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn19. Challenging Social Inequalities in Health - Michael Murray and David F. MarksSections 3: Intervention and Education for Working with Poor Families20. Giving Head Start a Fresh Start - Douglas J. Besharov and Caeli A. Higney21. Grandparents: A Family Resource? - Lynda Clarke22. Poor Fathers Involvement in the Lives of Their Children - Melvin N. Wilson23. The Health Care Safety Net for Mexican American Families - Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Laura Lein24. Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability - M. Robin Dion and Alan J. Hawkins25. Microenterprise: Building Well-being Among Poor U.S. Families - Warner P. Woodworth26. Working with families in poverty: Towards a multilevel population-based approach - Matthew Sanders and William Bor27. Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty - Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, and Patrick F. FaganChapter 12: Food Insecurity and Provisioning: Chronic Challenges Faced by Families Living in Poverty On the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation - Erin Feinauer Whiting, Carol J. WardChapter 13: How Economically Disadvantaged are American Elderly Women? Gender Differences in Economic Well-Being in Old Age - Hong-Sik Yoon, Martha N. OzawaChapter 01: Innovation in Social Policy: Evaluating State Efforts to Reform Welfare, Promote Work, and Help Low-Income Families - Gary C Bryner, Ryan T. MartinChapter 02: Social Policy and Marriage - Lawrence M. MeadChapter 03: Working Families Should Not Be Poor - The New Hope Program - Anjali E. Gupta, Jessica W. Thornton-Walker, Aletha C. HustonChapter 04: Who will Care when Parents Can’t?: An Overview of Trends in Kinship Care With a Focus on the Child-Only Provisions of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program - Kevin D. Blair, David B. TaylorChapter 05: Understanding the Processes through which Economic Hardship Influences Rural Families and Children - Rand Conger, Katherine Jewsbury CongerChapter 06: Early Childhood Education and Care: An Opportunity to Enhance the Lives of Poor Children - Anna D. Johnson, Kate Tarrant, Jeanne Brooks-GunnChapter 07: Appalachian Families and Poverty: Historical Issues and Contemporary Economic Trends - Sean Newsome, Kevin R. Bush, Charles B. Hennon, Gary Peterson, Stephan M. WilsonChapter 11: Mexican Immigrant Childbearing Women: Social Support and Perinatal Outcomes - Lynn Clark Callister, Ana BirkheadChapter 23: The Health Care Safety Net for Mexican American Families - Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel, Laura LeinChapter 14: The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Community Functioning of People with Serious Mental Illness and Their Families - Eric D. JohnsonChapter 15: Addiction and Medicaid: A Prairie Sighting of Califano’s “Elephant in the Living Room of American Society” and State Budgets - Harvey H. HillinChapter 16: Incarceration, Poverty, and Families - Stephen J. BahrChapter 17: Children’s Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families - Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Rebecca GlauberChapter 18: Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes for Children in Poverty - R. Gabriela Barajas, Nina Mareike Philipsen, Jeanne Brooks-GunnChapter 19: Challenging Social Inequalities in Health - Michael Murray, David F. MarksChapter 20: Giving Head Start a Fresh Start - Douglas J. Besharov, Caeli A. HigneyChapter 21: Grandparents: A Family Resource? - Lynda ClarkeChapter 22: Poor Fathers Involvement in the Lives of Their Children - Melvin N. WilsonChapter 24: Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability - M. Robin DionChapter 25: Microenterprise: Building Well-being Among Poor U.S. Families - Warner P. WoodworthChapter 26: Working with Families in Poverty: Towards a Multilevel Population-Based Approach - Matthew R Sanders, William BorChapter 27: Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty - Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Patrick F. FaganChapter 08: Poverty and Economic Polarization among Children in Racial Minority and Immigrant Families - Daniel T. Lichter, Zhenchao Qian, Martha L. CrowleyChapter 09: Processes of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poor Families - Angela Abela, Carmel TaboneChapter 10: Mexican American Families and Poverty - Scott L. Coltrane, Ross D. Parke, Thomas Schofield, Shigeru Tusha, Michael Chavez, Shoon Liu