Child welfare
Subtitle: the challenges of collaboration
By: Timothy Ross.
Publisher: Urban Institute Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780877667568
Subjects: Child welfare -- United States; Abused children -- Services for -- United States; Foster home care -- United States; Social work with teenagers -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cross-cutting issues in child welfare; title: Coordinating law enforcement and child protection in cases of severe child maltreatment; title: Does the criminal justice system force children into foster care?; title: Hard data on hard times : an empirical analysis of maternal incarceration, foster care, and visitation; title: A cohort analysis of adolescents in foster care; title: Youth who chronically leave foster care without permission : why they run, where they go, and what can be done; title: Betwixt and between : status offenders and foster care; title: Bridging child welfare and juvenile justice : preventing the unnecessary detention of foster children / Timothy Ross and Dylan Conger; title: An outcome evaluation of project confirm / Dylan Conger and Timothy Ross; title: Solving cross-agency challenges.