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Foster Care

• 2000 Green Book, SECTION 11. CHILD PROTECTION, FOSTER CARE, AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE TEXT , PDF
• When Children Cannot Remain Home: Foster Family Care and Kinship Care
  Jill Duerr Berrick (from The Future of Children)
• Reliability of Foster Care Placement Decision Making
• Welfare Reform's Effect on Child Welfare Caseload (February 2001)
• Study Questions Validity of Foster Care Youth Reunification (August 2001)
• Children Cared for by Relatives (February 2001)
• Foster Care Numerous studies indexed by the Colorado DHS

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Kinship Foster Care

• Kinship Care: An Evolving Service Delivery Option  (Numbers 1 and 2) <-Special Issue of Children and Youth Services Review
• When Children Cannot Remain Home: Foster Family Care and Kinship Care
  Jill Duerr Berrick (from The Future of Children)
• Kinship Care from Welfare Information Network

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Family Preservation

• Family-Centered Services: Approaches and Effectiveness
  Jacquelyn McCroskey, William Meezan  (from The Future of Children)
• Family Preservation Numerous studies indexed by the Colorado DHS 
• Averting Unnecessary Placements
• Preserving Families and Protecting Children: Finding the Balance
  by Duncan Lindsey, University of California, Los Angeles
• A Synthesis of Research on Family Preservation and Family Reunification Programs
  by Julia H. Littell and John R. Schuerman (University of Chicago) 
• A Review of Family Preservation and Family Reunification Programs
  By Westat, Inc. in association with James Bell Associates, Inc., and The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of ChicagIntensive 
• Family Reunification Programs.
  by Ariel Ahart, Ruth Bruer, Carolyn Rutsch, Richard Schmidt, and Susan Zaro (1992). Executive Summary
• Support Services for Families with Children  from Welfare Information Network

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The Child Welfare System

• Building a Report Card on the Child Welfare System
• 2000 Green Book, Section 11. Child Protection, Foster Care, and Adoption Assistance TEXT , PDF
• Challenges Implementing and Evaluating Child Welfare Demonstration Projects, (Numbers 6 and 7) forthcoming
• The Well-Being of Children, Involved with the Child Welfare, System: A National Overview  PDF
• Child Welfare Numerous studies indexed by the Colorado DHS
• Core Dataset Project: Child Welfare Service Histories  
  by Robert Goerge, John Van Voorhis, Lisa Sanfilippo, and Allen Harden. Chapin Hall, April 8, 1996
• Comprehensive Service Integration Programs for At Risk Youth
  By Martha R. Burt, Gary Resnick and Nancy Matheson (1992). Executive Summary
• Services for Migrant Children in the Health, Social Services, and Education Systems: Final Report
  by Nancy M. Pindus, Fran E. O'Reilly, Margaret Schulte, and Lenore Webb (1993). Executive Summary
• Child Welfare Research  from Welfare Information Network

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Child Welfare Research

• Challenges Implementing and Evaluating Child Welfare Demonstration Projects, (Numbers 6 and 7) forthcoming

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Decision Making

Foster Care Structured Decision Making Case Management Evaluation Michigan Study (2001)

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Duncan Lindsey
Editor, Child Welfare Review
School of Public Policy and Social Research
3250 Public Policy Building
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California 90095-1656

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