Jozefowicz-Simbeni, D. M. H., Allen-Meares, P., Piro-Lupenacci, M., Fisher, R. (2002). School social work in the United States. In E.Blyth, M. Huxtable (Eds.), School Social Work Worldwide. Washington, DC : NASW Press.

Santiago, A. M. (2000). The impact of growing up poor or welfare dependent on the economic status of young adults. In M. Montero Sieburth and F. A. Villarruel (Eds.), Making Invisible Latino Adolescents Visible: A Critical Approach to Latino Diversity (pp. 29-60). New York: Garland/Falmer Press.

This book offers an important overview of Latino youth in the United States, a diverse group which has too often remained invisible.

Lee, S. (2005).  Facilitating the welfare-to-work transition for women with a mental health work barrier. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 12(2/3), 127-143.

Since the 1996 PRWORA welfare reform act requiring workforce participation in order to receive services, evidence has emerged that many welfare recipients experience mental health work barriers.  Yet, little is known about effective approaches for assisting women with a mental health work barrier in the welfare-to-work transition. 

Lee, S.J., Guterman, N.B., & Lee, Y. (2008). Risk factors for paternal physical child abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 32(9), 846-858.

Objectives: This study uses the developmental-ecological framework to examine a comprehensive set of paternal factors hypothesized to be linked to risk for paternal child abuse (PCA) among a diverse sample of fathers.