Past, present, and future roles of child protective services

Future of Children

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-38

  Schene, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LAW; NEGLECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031754185     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602626     Document Type: Review

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9. See note no. 6, Costin, p. 60.
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22. One influential example of the many reports regarding the reform of child welfare systems is as follows. American Public Welfare Association. A commitment to change. Report of the National Commission on Child Welfare and Family Preservation. Washington, DC: APWA, 1991.
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26. See, for example, two manuals produced by the federal government. DePanfilis, D., and Salus, M.K. A coordinated response to child abuse and neglect: A basic, manual Washington, DC: National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1992; DePanfilis, D., and Salus, M.K. Child protective services: A guide for caseworkers. Washington, DC: National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1992.
27. See, for example, two manuals produced by the federal government. DePanfilis, D., and Salus, M.K. A coordinated response to child abuse and neglect: A basic, manual Washington, DC: National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1992; DePanfilis, D., and Salus, M.K. Child protective services: A guide for caseworkers. Washington, DC: National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1992.
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31. Farrow, F. Child protection: Building community partnerships, getting from here to there. Paper prepared for the Executive Session on Child Protection. Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Kennedy School of Government. Cambridge, MA, 1997.
32. These ideas are being developed and implemented in the context of an Edna McConnell Clark Foundation initiative called Community Partnerships for Protecting Children. For more information, contact the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation at 250 Park Avenue, Suite 900, New York, NY 10177, (212) 551-9100.