Keeping Families Together: The Homebuilders Model

by Charlotte Booth

Book Overview

When a family's problems become so severe that traditional community resources are unable to help them effectively, caseworkers are usually advised to place children outside the home. Family preservation services such as Homebuilders are designed to give caseworkers and families another option: services that are more intensive, accessible, flexible, and goal-oriented than conventional supports. Instead of relieving family pressure by removing a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202360687
• ISBN13: 9780202360683
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"