Help in hard times : the history of social services in Catawba County, North Carolina / by Margaret Day Allen.
| Author/creator | Allen, Margaret Day, 1951- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Hickory, North Carolina : Catawba County Social Services, [2015] |
| Copyright Date | ©2015 |
| Description | 131 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The 'Outside poor' and the County Home -- The war that changed everything -- Love and death during the Civil War -- The fight against tuberculosis -- Mill villages in Catawba County -- Orphans, orphanages and child indenture -- Sipe's Orchard Home -- A homeboy's story -- Child support, welfare, and working -- Mothers -- Adoptions then and now -- A little band of warriors -- Treating troubled families -- Hancock-Settlemyre award winners -- Eugenics: a shameful chapter in history -- The Great Depression -- Food stamps and commodities -- Financial security in old age -- From 'pauperism' to a 'living wage' -- From charity to Medicaid to the Affordable Care Act -- Mental illness and delinquent youths -- Integration at Social Services -- New ways of doing things in the 1960s and 1970s -- Programs for Senior adults -- Transportation Services in Catawba County -- Social uplife through summer camps and adult education -- Computers take over -- Social services 'reinvents' itself -- The Great Recession and beyond -- Never enough space -- Directors of Catawba County Social Services -- The Social Services Board -- Social work: one of the finest professions. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9781364959074 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1364959070 (paperback) |