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- Title
Origins of This Special Issue.
- Authors
Pasley, Kay
- Abstract
This article presents information on the Volume 53, Number 2, March 2004 issue of the U.S. journal Family Relations. This special issue is the results of an 18-month project funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The purpose of this effort was to explore and advance both the scholarly literature and debate around three significant issues facing low-income and working-poor families. In order to meet this goal, the National Council on Family Relations assumed the daunting task of convening three study groups to explore key issues of interest to the Foundation. These included effective mothering, economic stability and financial decision-making processes, and competing stressors and tensions in low-income and working-poor families. Each group consisted of 8 to 10 of the top researchers and practitioners in the nation, selected because of their contribution to and expertise in the topic areas. Study group members agreed to participate in two meetings, one scheduled during the summer 2002 and the second scheduled at the 2002 annual meeting in Houston, Texas. Participation also meant that collectively these scholars and practitioners agreed to develop three policy discussion facts of sheets, a special issue of NCFR Report, and this special issue of Family Relations. With the publication of this issue, the National Council on Family Relations has completed what initially seemed like an arduous and often overwhelming commitment.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FAMILY relations; PERIODICALS; MOTHERHOOD; FINANCE
- Publication
Family Relations, 2004, Vol 53, Issue 2, p121
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00001.x