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Policy Initiatives, Programs, and Praxis

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This chapter ties together the previous chapters and situates them in broader policy-based and applied contexts. First, the chapter details major policy debates regarding the large-scale effects of selective mobility and social disorganization discussed in Chap. 7. Since these policies influence programs and interventions at the neighborhood level, community- and school-based initiatives designed to facilitate postmove adjustment for mobile families are discussed. Lastly, the chapter identifies targeting and intervention strategies for social workers and other practitioners working with mobile and highly mobile families.

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Gillespie, B.J. (2017). Policy Initiatives, Programs, and Praxis. In: Household Mobility in America. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-68271-3_8

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