Foster-home care for dependent children 
Contributors: Lundberg, Emma Octavia.; Hood, Laura.
Series: Its Bureau publication,; no. 136
Publisher: Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1924
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Foster home care
Notes: "List of references on foster-home care for dependent children in the United States and foreign countries. Compiled by Laura Hood": p. 230-274.
"Selected books and pamphlets on child care and training of interest to child-placing agencies and foster mothers": p. 275.
At head of title: U.S. Dept. of labor. James J. Davis, secretary. Children's bureau. Grace Abbott, chief.
"The plan for the report was worked out by Emma O. Lundberg ... and the list of references and the selections from reports for the appendix were prepared by Laura Hood."--Letter of transmittal.
Table of contents: title: The development of child placing in the United States, by H.H. Hart.; title: Conserving the child's parental home, by J.P. Murphy.; title: The essentials of placement in free family homes, by E.J. Butler.; title: The child in the boarding home, by Mary E. Boretz.; title: Special problems involved in foster-home care, by L.W. Frost.; title: The work of a state-wide child-placing organization, by A.H. Stoneman.; title: The development of placing-out work by institutions, by Katharine P. Hewins.; title: Safeguarding the dependent child's mental and physical health, by H.H. Jenks.; title: The relation between social work with families and child-caring work, by John O'Grady.; title: Cooperation between the children's agency and other community resources, by C.V. Williams.; title: State supervision and placing-out agencies, by Ellen C. Potter.; title: Appendixes.