Out of harm's way : creating an effective child welfare system /

"Despite many well-intentioned efforts to create, revise, reform, and establish an effective child welfare system in the United States, the system continues to fail to ensure the safety and well-being of maltreated children. Out of Harm's Way explores the following four critical aspects of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gelles, Richard J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Child welfare > Government policy > United States.
Foster children > United States.
Children > Services for > United States.
Enfants > Services > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Child welfare > Government policy
Children > Services for
Foster children
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Child welfare is not brain surgery; it's much more difficult
  • Part 1: Tragedy and its aftermath. In an ideal world ; In the real world ; System reform: rounding up the usual suspects, lawsuits, and policy changes
  • Part 2: Centers of gravity. Who is the client? ; Portals, gates, and decisions ; Follow the money: the perverse incentive of federal foster care funding ; Aging out ; It takes a village
  • Appendix: Federal Child Welfare Legislation.

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