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Children with Developmental Disabilities in the Child Welfare System: A National Survey.
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Richardson, Mary; And Others – Child Welfare, 1989
Investigates the coordination of services for children with developmental disabilities among state agencies. Results suggest that a substantial number of children with developmental disabilities and their families receive services from child welfare agencies and that service coordination among agencies relies heavily on formal interagency…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Welfare, Children, Coordination
Managing Mergers of Human Service Agencies: People, Programs, and Procedures.
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Taylor, Joseph; And Others – Child Welfare, 1992
Offers detailed guidelines that could be used as standard operating procedures for the merger of voluntary social service agencies. Discusses a survey of 32 agencies that merged during the years 1973 to 1986. Issues related to the roles of organization, staff, and service delivery in such mergers receive particular attention. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Guidelines, Human Services, Mergers
Working Together For Children: A Child Advocacy System
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Gromada, Henry; Greenspan, Ethel – Child Welfare, 1974
One community's attempt to design and apply a child advocacy system is outlined. The program's components, systems model, practical applications, and background are described. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Welfare, Coordination, Management Systems
Foster Care Review: An Ohio Example
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Backus, Trudy K. – Child Welfare, 1978
Delineates the problems and procedures involved in establishing and operating a board for periodic review of cases of children in foster care which enlisted the cooperation of court, agency professionals and the community. (BR)
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Foster Children, Foster Homes
Bridging Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice: Preventing Unnecessary Detention of Foster Children.
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Ross, Timothy; Conger, Dylan; Armstrong, Molly – Child Welfare, 2002
Project Confirm aims to address the problem of foster children ending up in detention because of police and probation officers' difficulty in locating guardians to appear on behalf of arrested children. Project Confirm locates juveniles' caseworkers and informs them of their legal responsibilities. The program reached most of its implementation…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Caseworkers, Child Welfare, Foster Children
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services: A Case Study of Cross-Service Training
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Morland, Lyn; Duncan, Julianne; Hoebing, Joyce; Kirschke, Juanita; Schmidt, Laura – Child Welfare, 2005
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (BRYCS), a public-private partnership between the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, provides national technical assistance to public child welfare. After a series of "community…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Refugees, Child Welfare, Social Services
Parental Loss Due to HIV: Caring for Children as a Community Issue--The Rochester, New York Experience.
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Taylor-Brown, Susan; Teeter, Judith Ann; Blackburn, Evelyn; Oinen, Linda; Wedderburn, Lennard – Child Welfare, 1998
Permanency planning to help families affected by AIDS includes case management and mental health, medical care, child welfare, and legal services. This article presents the efforts of one community in a midsize city to develop and implement a multidisciplinary coordinated plan for providing services to children affected by the illness or death of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Agency Cooperation, Child Custody, Child Welfare