Reducing the digital divide for children in foster care: First-year evaluation of the building skills-building futures program

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 470-480

  Finn, Jerry ^a   Kerman, Ben ^b   LeCornec, Juliette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Casey Family Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Foster care; Information technology; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844456281     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731505278026     Document Type: Review

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