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BL
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| Record Number
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625041
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| Title & Author
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The child welfare challenge : : policy, practice, and research /\ Peter J. Pecora ... [et al.]
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| Edition Statement
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3rd ed. rev. and expanded
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| Publication Statement
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New Brunswick :: Transaction Publishers,, c2009
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| Series Statement
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Modern applications of social work
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| Page. NO
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xi, 447 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780202363066
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: 0202363066
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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Purpose and goals of child welfare -- Key child welfare legislation and other policies -- A conceptual framework for child and family-centered services -- Economic security for families with children -- Child maltreatment types, rates, and reporting procedures -- Child protective services -- Family-based services -- Family foster care -- Family reunification and kinship care -- Transition and independent living services -- Adoption and adoption services -- Residential group care and intensive treatment alternatives -- Organizational requisites and challenges to effective child welfare services
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| Subject
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Child welfare-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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362.7
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| LC Classification
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HV741.C512 2009
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| Added Entry
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Pecora, Peter J
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