Child welfare performance ratings: One state's approach

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-51

  Usher, Charles L ^a   Locklin, Eleanor ^a   Wildfire, Judith B ^a   Harris, Charles C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Evaluation; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040970370     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v25n01_03     Document Type: Article

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