Predictors of out-of-home placement in a family preservation program: Are welfare recipients particularly vulnerable?

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 124-139

  Thieman, Alice A ^a   Dail, Paula W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031506909     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1997.tb00011.x     Document Type: Article

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