title: The new federal role in education and family services: goal setting without responsibility.
abstract: This article explores the diminishing role of federal government following a series of legislative mandates to maximize equal educational opportunity; it also examines the escalating poverty rate resulting from the economic restructuring of the country. It calls for systemic reform in education, health, and human services followed by an integration of these services.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1285, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Allen-Meares
mesh_terms: D004493:Education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D012935:Social Justice; D012947:Social Work / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services / Q000191:economics; D014490:United States Office of Economic Opportunity / Q000191:economics