Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professional and Communities

Bridges Out of Poverty is a unique and powerful tool designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals. Based in part on Dr. Ruby K. Payne's myth shattering A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Bridges reaches out to the millions of service providers and businesses whose daily work connects them with the lives of people in poverty. In a highly readable format you'll find case studies, detailed analysis, helpful charts and exercises, and specific solutions you and your organization can implement right now to: Redesign programs to better serve people you work with Build skill sets for management to help guide employees Upgrade training for front-line staff like receptionists, case workers, and managers; Improve treatment outcomes in health care and behavioral health care; Increase the likelihood of moving from welfare to work. If your business, agency, or organization works with people from poverty, only a deeper understanding of their challenges-and strengths-will help you partner with them to create opportunities for success.

• A Framework for Understanding Poverty; A Cognitive Approach
• A Framework for Understanding Poverty - A Cognitive Approach (Sixth Edition)
• Bridges Out of Poverty Workbook
• A Framework for Understanding Poverty 4th Edition
• What Every Church Member Should Know about Poverty
• When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
• Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services
• Nutrition Counseling and Education Skill Development
• Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help, And How to Reverse It
• Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World: Building Your Resources for a Better Life