An Out-of-Home Care System in Crisis: Implications for African American Children in the Child Welfare System

Child Welfare

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-83

  Brown, Annie Woodley ^a   Bailey Etta, Barbara ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD WELFARE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030635657     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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