Welfare reform and the future of foster care

Social Thought

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 21-36

  Rome, Sunny Harris ^a   Slaght, Evelyn F ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Day care; Foster care; Poverty; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937181422     PISSN: 0099183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15426432.1999.9960259     Document Type: Article

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