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Child Welfare for the Twenty-first Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs
Child Welfare for the Twentyfirst Century A Handbook of Practices Policies and Programs
Author: Gerald P. Mallon, Peg McCartt Hess
The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), which became law in 1997, elicited a major shift in federal policy and thinking toward child welfare, emphasizing children's safety, permanency, and well-being over preserving biological ties at all costs. The first edition of this volume mapped the field of child welfare after ASFA's passage, detailing...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231151801
ISBN-10: 0231151802
Publication Date: 8/26/2014
Pages: 822
Edition: second edition
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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