Berrick, Jill Duerr.
Take me home protecting America's vulnerable children and families / [electronic resource] : Jill Duerr Berrick. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (ix, 194 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199864607 (ebook) : No price
Foster home care--United States.
Foster children--United States.
Child welfare--United States.
HV881
362.7330973
Take me home protecting America's vulnerable children and families / [electronic resource] : Jill Duerr Berrick. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (ix, 194 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199864607 (ebook) : No price
Foster home care--United States.
Foster children--United States.
Child welfare--United States.
HV881
362.7330973