The child welfare challenge
Subtitle: policy, practice, and research
By: Peter J. Pecora.
Contributors: Pecora, Peter J.
Edition: 3rd ed. rev. and expanded.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9780202363066
Subjects: Child welfare -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Purpose and goals of child welfare; title: Key child welfare legislation and other policies; title: A conceptual framework for child and family-centered services; title: Economic security for families with children; title: Child maltreatment types, rates, and reporting procedures; title: Child protective services; title: Family-based services; title: Family foster care; title: Family reunification and kinship care; title: Transition and independent living services; title: Adoption and adoption services; title: Residential group care and intensive treatment alternatives; title: Organizational requisites and challenges to effective child welfare services.