Social Work in Rural Communities

African Americans agencies Appalachian boom towns Carolina cities clients community mental health Community Psychology Coward crime developmentally disabled differences disabilities economic eligibility employment example families federal function funding generalist groups health centers health services helping networks Hispanic homeless homophobia hospital housing Human Services income individuals institutions interviews labor living major Martinez-Brawley Medicaid mental illness National natural helpers nonmetro nonmetropolitan North Carolina offices organizations percent persons with AIDS population population density poverty line poverty rates Press problems professional programs recipients region reported respondents roles rural America rural and urban rural areas rural communities rural elders Rural Environment rural mental health rural poverty rural residents Rural Sociology Silver Spring small communities small towns social services social support social work education social work practice status tion U.S. Department University urban areas Washington welfare York