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Chapter 3: Child Welfare System & Public Assistance

Building a System of Care in Child Welfare
Joan Shireman, Katherine Davis, Bart Wilson, Susan Eggman

Evaluation of Oregon's Title IV-E Waiver: Contextually Driven Decisions
Constance M. Lehman, Kirstin O'Dell

Readiness for Change in Home-Based Services in Child Welfare: Validity and Prediction
Julia H. Littell, Leslie B. Alexander, Heather Girvin, William W. Reynolds

The Evaluation of Treatment Foster Care: Ecosystemic Conceptualizations
Sigrid James, William Meezan

Failure in Treatment Foster Care: The Whys and Wherefores
Martha Morrison Dore, Deborah Mullin

The Match Team: A Collaborative Process to Strengthen Adoptive Families
Judy Moore, Kathleen Armstrong, Marian Sue Street

Evaluating Child Welfare Consumer Satisfaction among Children, Parents and Professional Collaterals
Ben Kerman, Tannis Blair

Symposium Overview: Health Care Reform Tracking Project: Findings From The 2000 State Survey

Chair: Rita Vandivort-Warren, Beth A. Stroul, Sheila A. Pires, Mary I. Armstrong, Jan McCarthy, Ginny Wood
Findings from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Family Impact Study
Kathy Lazear, Janice Worthington, Sharon Lardieri, Ricardo Contreras
Job Training Activities and Opportunities and Transportation Among WAGES Participants
Beverly G. Ward, Mario Hernandez, Janice Worthington, Arnold Andrews
The Effect of Mother's and Children's Health on Exits from AFDC
David S. Mandell

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