Foster Care Transition Services for Youth with Disabilities: Findings from a Survey of County Service Providers

Child Welfare

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 63-81

  Hill, Katharine ^a   Lightfoot, Elizabeth ^b   Kimball, Ericka ^b  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; FOSTER CARE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISABLED CHILDREN; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MINNESOTA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052872901     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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