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Building Better Social Programs situates evidence-based policymaking with respect to the welfare state, describes key organizations driving the evidence-based movement, and proposes innovations designed to extend benefits to the working class. In addition to providing case studies of cost-effective programs delivering positive outcomes, this volume will include interviews with luminaries who have propelled the evidence-based policy movement.
List of contents
- Chapter 1. The Welfare State on Autopilot
- Chapter 2. Wednesday's Children
- Chapter 3. Poor Policy
- Chapter 4. Starving the Beast
- Chapter 5. The Nurse Family Partnership
- Chapter 6. The Abecedarian Project
- Chapter 7. Year Up
- Chapter 8. Arnold Ventures
- Chapter 9. The Jameel-Poverty Action Lab
- Chapter 10. American Development Accounts
- Chapter 11. Uptart
- Chapter 12. A Refundable Volunteer Tax Credit
- Chapter 13. Inync
- Chapter 14. Silver Bullets and Other Obstacles
- Chapter 15. Innovation
About the author
David Stoesz, PhD, MSW, is a recognized expert in social policy, having published books on welfare reform, child welfare, international development, and the welfare state. He is the founder of Up$tart, an innovative firm that bundles social benefits for low-income college students.
Summary
Evidence-based policymaking has, in recent decades, become a focus of program innovation in social care that engages foundations, universities, and state and federal governments. Rigorous research, epitomized by Randomized Controlled Trials, has become the benchmark for demonstrating efficacy and efficiency in social programming. Building Better Social Programs situates evidence-based policymaking with respect to the welfare state, describes key organizations driving the evidence-based movement, and proposes innovations designed to extend benefits to the working class. In addition to providing case studies of cost-effective programs delivering positive outcomes, this volume will include interviews with luminaries who have propelled the evidence-based policy movement. It serves as essential reading for faculty, graduate students, program managers, and foundation program officers.
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Considering the contributions made by and the diversity within the evidence-based policy movement, Stoesz, an expert in social policy, offers a comprehensive analysis of the movement in terms of its merits and the challenges it faces within the broader context of public policy.
