Financial credit: Social work's role in empowering low-Income families

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-268

  Birkenmaier, Julie ^a   Curley, Jami ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit counseling; Financial credit; Low income families; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449129449     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705420903117973     Document Type: Article

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