Building skills-building futures: Providing information technology to foster families

Families in Society

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-176

  Finn, Jerry ^a   Kerman, Ben ^b   Lecornec, Juliette ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research and Evaluation Department   (United States)

^c Casey Family Services   (United States)

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EID: 3142711100     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.317     Document Type: Article

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