Patterns of foster care service delivery

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 511-531

  Unrau, Yvonne A ^a   Wells, Michael A ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Catholic Charities Diocese of Peoria   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Longitudinal research; Process evaluation; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544268526     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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