Measuring outcomes in the changing environment of child welfare services

Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Pecora, Peter J ^a,b   Massinga, Ruth ^c,d   Mauzerall, Hildy ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^c Casey Family Program   (United States)

^d Amer Assoc for Protecting Children   (United States)

^e Casey Family Program ^*  (United States)

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