"This rich book will prove particularly valuable, because it comes just as family support approaches and family support services are emerging as among the most promising new responses to growing problems of family isolation and disintegration. Putting Families First will give both policy and program people the deeper understanding they need of the theories, practices, and mindsets that together constitute family support." --Lisbeth B. Schorr, lecturer in social medicine, Harvard University, and author of Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage