What Works in Foster Care?: Key Components of Success from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study

by Peter J. Pecora, Jason Williams, Ronald C. Kessler

Book Overview

On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrinking funds have so greatly stressed the child welfare system that calls for orphanages have re-entered the public debate for the first time in nearly half a century. New ideas are desperately needed to transform a system in crisis, guarantee better outcomes for children in foster care, and reduce...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195175913
• ISBN13: 9780195175912
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"