State Child Welfare Policy: Causes and Consequences

On any given day almost 400,000 children in the United States are living in an out-of-home care placement due to government intervention. Federal law allows for substantial variance in state child welfare policy on a number of topics. These policy decisions, however, are understudied both in terms o...

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Main Author: Connelly, Dana D
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2014
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/msppa_etds/11
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=msppa_etds