Asianworks: A tanf program for southeast asian americans in Oakland, California

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 111-124

  Chow, Julian ^a   Bester, Nancy ^a   Shinn, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Coalition for a Drug Free Hawai'i ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American and Pacific Islander; Cultural competence; Hard to serve; Refugees; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937344022     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v09n03_07     Document Type: Article

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