Family Foster Care in the Next Century

by Lois Wright and Kathy Barbell

Family foster care is supposed to provide temporary protection and nurturing for children experiencing maltreatment. Although it has long been a critical service for millions of children in the United States, the increased attention given to this service in the last two decades has focused more on its inability to achieve its intended outcomes than on its successes. However, as social and political trends and new legislation reshape child welfare,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138523410
• ISBN13: 9781138523418
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages