Examining African American fathers' involvement in permanency planning: An effort to reduce racial disproportionality in the child welfare system

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-417

  Coakley, Tanya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Black fathers; Child welfare; Disproportionality; Father involvement; Overrepresentation; Permanency planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849088108     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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