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Author:
Golden, Olivia Ann.
Title:
Reforming child welfare / Olivia Golden.
Publisher:
Urban Institute Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
xi, 300 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Child welfare--United States.
Child welfare--Government policy--United States.
Family services--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What does it take to reform child welfare? -- Building the airplane while flying it: the District of Columbia -- Children, families, and the child welfare system: Alabama and Utah in the national context -- What we know: how research can contribute to reform -- The broad brush: vision, strategy, and action -- Information, learning, and performance management as keys to the turnaround -- Accountability and the politics of performance improvement -- Leadership -- Taking reform to the front lines -- Recommendations.
ISBN:
0877667594 (alk. paper)
9780877667599 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)311768820
LCCN:
2009020534
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

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