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Social Work In Rural Areas Chapter 18 Introduction in the United States the demographic experts place the rural population between 55 million and 87 million. This amount nearly equals the population of France or England. In April of 1989 the House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families determined that 16.9% of the rural population are living in poverty. One rural study identified urgently needed services in the following areas: Job and economic problems Alcohol and drug problems of adults and youth Lack of constructive leisure-time programs and facilities Marriage and family problems Personal stress, anxiety, depression Because these problems of generation, in the rural community appeared a new model “rurban” This presupposes that the rural social work of produce Beginnings in Rural Social Work Beginning: the Country Life Commission of 1908 appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt and the National Conference of Charities and Correction of the same year. Wane: during World War II and the 1950’s. Began to develop: the result of the War on Poverty philosophy and also important social work leadership by Leon Ginsberg and others in the late 1960’s . National Rural Social Work Caucus and Human Services in the Rural Environment . National Rural Social Work Caucus 37th Annual National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas Rural Social Work at the Crossroads: Building Capacity, Nurturing Sustainability July 15 - 18, 2012 Nashville, Indiana Historic and Scenic Brown County Call for Presentations NOW open until March 1, 2012 36th National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas July 14 - 16, 2011 Natchitoches, Louisiana Hosted by Northwestern State University Department of Social Work 35th Annual National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas July 14-17, 2010 University of Maine Presque Isle Presque Isle, Maine The Institute was fabulous, and filled with all we have come to expect: excellent pre