Child Welfare Policy and Practice in the United States 1950–2000

2000 ◽  
pp. 546-564
Author(s):  
Martin Guggenheim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Child Welfare Policy

Child Welfare Policy in the United States

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. David Harrison ◽  
Miriam S. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Welfare Policy

Beyond safety and permanency: Making well-being a focus of policy and practice for children in state care

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Mark E. Courtney
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child Safety ◽  
Child Welfare Services ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Child Welfare Policy ◽  
Welfare Services ◽  
Permanency Outcomes

This essay explores some of the reasons why child welfare policy has too often avoided an explicit focus on child well-being. The historical origins of child welfare services contribute to avoidance of child well-being in policy discourse. In addition, program administrators are reluctant to explicitly take responsibility for the well-being of children they serve because of concerns about added liability, the belief that public institutions other than the child welfare system should be held responsible, and the fear that child welfare services will be unable to ameliorate the damage that children often suffer before entering care. Three empirical studies of child welfare populations in the US are used to examine the inextricable links between child safety, permanency and well-being. It is argued that broadening child welfare policy to embrace child well-being as a policy goal will only enhance the likelihood that child welfare agencies will improve child safety and permanency outcomes.

Developing a Measurement of Child Welfare Policy and Practice: Local Supervisory Review Instrument

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haksoon Ahn ◽  
Philip J. Osteen ◽  
Julia O'Connor ◽  
Terry V. Shaw ◽  
Linda Carter
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Child Welfare Policy
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