Inter-agency collaboration: Policy and practice in child welfare and substance abuse treatment

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 5-24

  Smith, Brenda D ^a   Mogro Wilson, Cristina ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Collaboration; Frontline practice; Implementation; Multi level models; Organizations; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749132723     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v32n02_02     Document Type: Article

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