The role of contract design in privatization of child welfare services: The Kansas experience

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 771-783

  Unruh, Jennifer K ^a   Hodgkin, Dominic ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Kansas; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444292506     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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