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Take me home : protecting America's vulnerable children and families /

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There is a profound crisis in the United States' foster care system, Jill Duerr Berrick writes. No state has passed the federally mandated Child and Family Service Review; two-thirds of the state systems have faced class-action lawsuits demanding change; well over half of all children who enter...

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Main Author: Berrick, Jill Duerr
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Foster home care > United States.
Foster children > United States.
Child welfare > United States.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Adoption & Fostering.
Child welfare
Foster children
Foster home care
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:There is a profound crisis in the United States' foster care system, Jill Duerr Berrick writes. No state has passed the federally mandated Child and Family Service Review; two-thirds of the state systems have faced class-action lawsuits demanding change; well over half of all children who enter foster care never go home.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 194 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-189) and index.
ISBN:9780199717415
0199717419
9780195322620
0195322622
1281515094
9781281515094
9786611515096
6611515097