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Youth with disabilities in the foster care system : barriers to success and proposed policy solutions /

"The purpose of this report is to provide policymakers, primarily at the federal and state levels, with information about youth with disabilities in foster care, so that policymakers can begin to understand the characteristics of this population ... and how the complex array of existing program...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Council on Disability (U.S.)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Council on Disability, 2008.
Subjects:
Youth with disabilities > Services for > United States.
Youth with disabilities > Education > United States.
Children > Institutional care > United States.
Foster home care > United States.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS91117
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Summary:"The purpose of this report is to provide policymakers, primarily at the federal and state levels, with information about youth with disabilities in foster care, so that policymakers can begin to understand the characteristics of this population ... and how the complex array of existing programs and services could be better designed to improve these outcomes."
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Feb. 27, 2008).
"Publication date: February 26, 2008."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:[ii], 188 pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via the NCD web site. Address as of 2/27/08: http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2008/pdf/FosterCareSystem%5fReport.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and glossary.