ELIZABETH A. MULROY, a social worker and urban planner, teaches social policy, planning, and management at Boston University School of Social Work, where she is also Director of the Human Services Management Program.

• Background Introduction by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Who Are Single-Parent Families and Where Do They Live? by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Experiencing Single Parenthood Gender Bias in the Courts by Lynn Hecht Schafran Restructuring Family Life by Frances Smalls Caple Working for Less: Single Mothers in the Workplace by Teresa Amott The Search for Affordable Housing by Elizabeth A. Mulroy A Call for Federal and State Action The Role of the Courts in Welfare Reform by Barbara Sard Federal Policy-making and Family Issues by Anne L. Radigan Single-Parent Families and a Right to Housing by Frank I. Smizik and Michael E. Stone Social Reform: Expanding Choices and Increasing Institutional Responsiveness by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Conclusion Bibliography Index

How refreshing to find a book about single parents that does not focus exclusively on teenage pregnancy or Aid to Families with Dependent Children! This book offers a sensible presentation of the social problems of adult single mothers. It does not equate single parenthood with a scourge akin to drug addiction and street crime. Neither does it offer marriage as a private solution to public ills. Instead, it presents the revolutionary and unpopular idea that policies, services, and laws should be constructed and implemented in such a way as to assure dignity and independence for all families, whatever their composition. The justice of this approach and how it contrasts with the status quo are presented with clarity and insight. . . . The book's value lies in its treasure of information, much of which is seldom found in social work texts. This book is a welcome addition to the few that address the real struggles of single mothers and the way in which societal institutions impair their well-being and block their attempts to get ahead. - Affilia

ELIZABETH A. MULROY, a social worker and urban planner, teaches social policy, planning, and management at Boston University School of Social Work, where she is also Director of the Human Services Management Program.

• Background Introduction by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Who Are Single-Parent Families and Where Do They Live? by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Experiencing Single Parenthood Gender Bias in the Courts by Lynn Hecht Schafran Restructuring Family Life by Frances Smalls Caple Working for Less: Single Mothers in the Workplace by Teresa Amott The Search for Affordable Housing by Elizabeth A. Mulroy A Call for Federal and State Action The Role of the Courts in Welfare Reform by Barbara Sard Federal Policy-making and Family Issues by Anne L. Radigan Single-Parent Families and a Right to Housing by Frank I. Smizik and Michael E. Stone Social Reform: Expanding Choices and Increasing Institutional Responsiveness by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Conclusion Bibliography Index

How refreshing to find a book about single parents that does not focus exclusively on teenage pregnancy or Aid to Families with Dependent Children! This book offers a sensible presentation of the social problems of adult single mothers. It does not equate single parenthood with a scourge akin to drug addiction and street crime. Neither does it offer marriage as a private solution to public ills. Instead, it presents the revolutionary and unpopular idea that policies, services, and laws should be constructed and implemented in such a way as to assure dignity and independence for all families, whatever their composition. The justice of this approach and how it contrasts with the status quo are presented with clarity and insight. . . . The book's value lies in its treasure of information, much of which is seldom found in social work texts. This book is a welcome addition to the few that address the real struggles of single mothers and the way in which societal institutions impair their well-being and block their attempts to get ahead. - Affilia

ELIZABETH A. MULROY, a social worker and urban planner, teaches social policy, planning, and management at Boston University School of Social Work, where she is also Director of the Human Services Management Program.

• Background Introduction by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Who Are Single-Parent Families and Where Do They Live? by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Experiencing Single Parenthood Gender Bias in the Courts by Lynn Hecht Schafran Restructuring Family Life by Frances Smalls Caple Working for Less: Single Mothers in the Workplace by Teresa Amott The Search for Affordable Housing by Elizabeth A. Mulroy A Call for Federal and State Action The Role of the Courts in Welfare Reform by Barbara Sard Federal Policy-making and Family Issues by Anne L. Radigan Single-Parent Families and a Right to Housing by Frank I. Smizik and Michael E. Stone Social Reform: Expanding Choices and Increasing Institutional Responsiveness by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Conclusion Bibliography Index

How refreshing to find a book about single parents that does not focus exclusively on teenage pregnancy or Aid to Families with Dependent Children! This book offers a sensible presentation of the social problems of adult single mothers. It does not equate single parenthood with a scourge akin to drug addiction and street crime. Neither does it offer marriage as a private solution to public ills. Instead, it presents the revolutionary and unpopular idea that policies, services, and laws should be constructed and implemented in such a way as to assure dignity and independence for all families, whatever their composition. The justice of this approach and how it contrasts with the status quo are presented with clarity and insight. . . . The book's value lies in its treasure of information, much of which is seldom found in social work texts. This book is a welcome addition to the few that address the real struggles of single mothers and the way in which societal institutions impair their well-being and block their attempts to get ahead. - Affilia