Describes a neighborhood placement program and group home for boys established by the New York Foundling Hospital. Case studies illustrate the article. (SDH)

For some children who have been in residential treatment, life in a group home can provide a transitional experience to prepare them for return to their own home or for independent living. (Editor)

Describes the evaluative model used to examine unsuccessful family reunification. Discusses findings regarding parental ambivalence and its effect on child placement reentry and implications of the findings for individual case assessment and for permanency services in general. (BB)