Nurturing the One, Supporting the Many by Peg Hess, Brenda G.... - 9780231115957

Columbia University Press

Nurturing the One, Supporting the ManyThe Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn\nAuthor(s): Peg Hess, Brenda G. McGowan, Michael Botsko\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231115957, 978-0231115957\nSynopsis\nSince its establishment in 1978 the Center for Family Life has been an integral source of assistance to immigrant families in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a community struggling with poverty, unemployment, health issues, drug-related problems, youth gang activity, a housing shortage, and oversubscribed schools. This book is a narrative of the development of the Center and its relations with the surrounding community. With its unique combination of community-rootedness and clinical sophistication, the Center serves as a programmatic model for other family service contexts. Underlying the Center's programs and the staff's interactions with families is a philosophy and theoretical orientation.