Models of state budget allocation in child welfare services

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 45-66

  Karski, Ruth Lawrence ^a   Barth, Richard P ^b  

^a NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget allocation; Child welfare services; Human services funding; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039333038     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v24n02_04     Document Type: Article

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