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Social Participation and Rural/Vulnerable Communities: Does Asset Ownership Matter?

02/08/2006 | Requests *

Summary

Based on a comprehensive review of the relevant literature, this paper examines the impact of asset ownership on meaningful and participatory social inclusion. The paper first, presents an overview of the assets-based perspective of welfare and highlight factors that have shaped this perspective with an overview of rural communities and their relationship to these issues. Next, the paper reviews the potential effects of asset ownership and how this may impact social inclusion in rural areas.

Author

Lombe, Margaret

Available Files

Report and Literature Review Word (180K, 23 pages)
Report and Literature Review PDF (178K, 23 pages)
Report and Literature Review Text (48K)

Keywords

LIFE Accounts; Eligibility; Community Inclusion; Medicaid; LIFE Accounts; human capital; asset ownership; rural communities; Living with Independence, Freedom, and Equality (LIFE) Account Savings Program; social participation; vulnerable communities

Topic

Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Housing, Organizational Change, Physical Disabilities, State/Agency Information, Sustainability, Transition/Diversion from Institutions

Type/Tool

Reports

Source

ILRU

State

All States/Territories

Date Created

03/08/2006

Contact

Sharon Finney

sfinney@bcm.tmc.edu

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/1525

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