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The child welfare challenge : policy, practice, and research / Peter J. Pecora [and others].

Published
New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Edition
3rd ed. rev. and expanded.
Physical Description
xi, 447 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Pecora, Peter J.

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Contents
Purpose and goals of child welfare -- Key child welfare legislation and other policies -- A conceptual framework for child and family-centered services -- Economic security for families with children -- Child maltreatment types, rates, and reporting procedures -- Child protective services -- Family-based services -- Family foster care -- Family reunification and kinship care -- Transition and independent living services -- Adoption and adoption services -- Residential group care and intensive treatment alternatives -- Organizational requisites and challenges to effective child welfare services.
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ISBN
9780202363066
0202363066
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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