Length of service for foster parents: Using administrative data to understand retention

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 588-599

  Gibbs, Deborah ^a   Wildfire, Judith ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster parenting; Length of service; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947726597     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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