The Model Standards Project: Creating inclusive systems for LGBT youth in out-of-home care

Child Welfare

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-149

  Wilber, Shannan ^a   Reyes, Carolyn ^b   Marksamer, Jody ^c  

^a Legal Services for Children   (United States)

^b Model Standards Project   (United States)

^c National Center for Lesbian Rights   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746862954     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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