Vulnerability to foster care drift after the termination of parental rights

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 694-704

  Cushing, Gretta ^a   Greenblatt, Sarah B ^a  

^a Casey Family Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adoption and Safe; Families Act (ASFA); Permanence; Termination of parental rights (TPR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350508364     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509331879     Document Type: Article

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