Reforming child welfare
By: Olivia Golden.
Publisher: Urban Institute Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780877667599
Subjects: Child welfare -- United States; Child welfare -- Government policy -- United States; Family services -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What does it take to reform child welfare?; title: Building the airplane while flying it: the District of Columbia; title: Children, families, and the child welfare system: Alabama and Utah in the national context; title: What we know: how research can contribute to reform; title: The broad brush: vision, strategy, and action; title: Information, learning, and performance management as keys to the turnaround; title: Accountability and the politics of performance improvement; title: Leadership; title: Taking reform to the front lines; title: Recommendations.