Palm Beach County child abuse and neglect system redesign: Initial process evaluation

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-254

  Koehn, Christine E ^a   Thompson, Ronald W ^b   Authier, Karen J ^b   Bosco, Mary ^c  

^a Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County   (United States)

^b Girls and Boys Town   (United States)

^c Florida Department of Children and Families   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse and neglect; Family centered care; Managed care model; Privatization; System redesign

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344438566     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016607726548     Document Type: Article

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