Beyond the public safety net: The role of nonprofits in addressing material hardship of low-income households

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 784-801

  Guo, Baorong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

low income households; material assistance; material hardship; nonprofits; social service

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956484535     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009334307     Document Type: Article

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