Public Schools and the Revitalization of Impoverished Communities: School-Linked, Family Resource Centers

Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 415-422

  Dupper, David R ^a   Poertner, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community revitalization; Education; Poverty; Resource centers; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038838288     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/42.5.415     Document Type: Article

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