Sharing the baton, not passing it: Collaboration between public and private child welfare agencies to reunify families

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-507

  Spath, Robin ^a   Werrbach, Gail ^b   Pine, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Collaboration; Family reunification; Inter organizational

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649114578     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705420802473766     Document Type: Article

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