Investing in the disadvantaged  assessing the benefits and costs of social policies /  [electronic resource] : 
David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining, editors. 
 - Washington, DC :  Georgetown University Press,  c2009. 
 - xvi, 288 p. :  ill. 
 - American governance and public policy series .
 - American governance and public policy. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Assessing the costs and benefits of social policies / Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer -- Early childhood interventions / Barbara Wolfe and Nathan Tefft -- Elementary and secondary schooling / Clive R. Belfield -- Health care for disadvantaged populations / David J. Vanness -- Adults with serious mental illnesses / Mark S. Salzer -- Illicit substance abuse and addiction / Jonathan P. Caulkins -- Juvenile crime interventions / Jeffrey A. Butts and John K. Roman -- Prisoner reentry programming / John K. Roman and Christy Visher -- Housing assistance to promote human capital / Lance Freeman -- Encouraging work / Robert Lerman -- Next steps in welfare-to-work / Michael Wiseman -- Welfare-to-work and work-incentive programs / David Greenberg -- Overview of the state-of-the-art of CBA in social policy / Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer -- An agenda for promoting and improving the use of CBA in social policy / David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA934444  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>People with social disabilities--Services for--Cost effectiveness.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social policy--Cost effectiveness.--1993-
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN59.2  / .I68 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.6/1