Child welfare reform in the united states: Findings from a local agency survey

Child Welfare

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-24

  Mitchell, Lorelei B ^a   Barth, Richard P ^b   Green, Rebecca ^b   Wall, Ariana ^b   Biemer, Paul ^c   Berrick, Jill Duerr ^a   Webb, Mary Bruce ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e Natl Surv Child Adol Well Being

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14544279386     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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