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Social policy and community development articles

 

Chapin, R. K. (1995). Social policy development: The Strengths Perspective. Social Work, 40(4), 506.

Chamberlain, R., Rapp, C. A., Ridgway, P., Lee, R., & Boezio, C. (1999). Mental health reform in Kansas: Cost containment and quality of life. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 23(2), 137.

Lee, R. H., Chamberlain, R., & Rapp, C. (2001). System effects of the Kansas mental health reform act of 1991. Community Mental Health Journal, 37(5), 437.

Postmus, J. L. (2000). Analysis of the family violence option: A Strengths Perspective. Affilia, 15(2), 244.

Rapp, C. A., Bond, G. R., Becker, D. R., Carpinello, S. E., Nikkel, R. E., & Gintoli, G. (2005). The role of state mental health authorities in promoting improved client outcomes through evidence-based practice. Community Mental Health Journal, 41(3), 347.

Rapp, C. A., & Goscha, R. (2006). Principles of strengths-based policy. Journal of Policy Practice: 5(4), 3-18.

Sullivan, W. P. (1989). Community support programs in rural areas: Developing programs without walls. The Journal of Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1(4), 19-24.

Sullivan, W. P. (1992). Reclaiming the community: The Strengths Perspective and deinstitutionalization. Social Work, 37(3), 204.

Weick, A., & Saleebey, D. (1995). Supporting family strengths: Orienting policy and practice toward the 21st century. Families in Society, 76(3), 141.

 

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"[Our hope]… is that we begin to move bureaucracies and systems to make large-scale system changes in support of the local wisdom and strengths represented in successful programs."

Benard, B. (2004). Resiliency. What we have learned. San Francisco: WestEd.