Reunifying families, cutting costs: Housing-child welfare partnerships for permanent supportive housing

Child Welfare

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 493-508

  Harburger, Deborah S ^a   White, Ruth A ^b  

^a Governor's Off Children Youth/F   (United States)

^b Child Welfare League of America ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9944229013     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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