Title:
Help yourself now : a practical guide to finding the information and assistance you need / Jan Yager.
ISBN:
9781621536307
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Allworth Press, [2021]
Physical Description:
xvii, 408 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Introduction : a guide to getting help -- Addiction : alcohol, drugs, nicotine, and gambling -- Adoption and foster care -- Aging -- Animal rights and care -- Arts -- Business, entrepreneurship, and employment -- Children and teens -- Consumer affairs and safety -- Counseling, depression, and mental health -- Courts and dispute resolution -- Crime : victims, witnesses, and prevention -- Criminal justice: law enforcement, corrections, and alternatives to prison -- Disabilities : developmental, intellectual, and physical -- Dying, death, and dealing with grief -- Education -- Emergencies, disasters, and preparedness -- Financial assistance -- Food, hunger, nutrition, and eating disorders -- Health and wellness -- Housing and homelessness -- Legal services -- LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning) -- Offenders, inmates, and formerly incarcerated -- Parenting, stepparenting, grandparenting, and family -- Pregnancy and childbearing -- Relationships, dating, singleness, divorce, marriage, friendship, and work -- Suicide : prevention and related issues -- Transportation, travel, and recreation -- Veterans -- Volunteerism -- World wide web, the internet and the media.
Summary:
"Although we live in the age of information and everyone is bombarded with potential sources of help, sifting through those possibilities can be a chore. This is where [this book] comes in. With this reference, author Jan Yager provides an overview of the various situations that most people have to navigate, from calling customer service or reporting a crime to finding credible and reliable information about a business, health, or legal concern"--Publisher marketing.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1083177870
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
