Although foster care is intended to be temporary, and policy explicitly requires permanency
outcomes, many children experience lengthy stays and exit foster care without a permanent …

This presentation posits a multidimensional formulation of community intervention,
comprising nine variants of practice. It builds on this author's earlier threefold concept, but …

During the first two decades following the Mexican Revolution, children in the country
gained unprecedented consideration as viable cultural critics, social actors, and subjects of …

This paper offers a framework to redress the neglect of children in planning theory. Noting
that children are viewed as both human beings and human becomings, attention is drawn to …

A gripping and inspiring book, Civic Passions examines innovative leadership in periods of
crisis in American history. Starting from the late nineteenth century, when respected voices …

The current paper uncovered the pertinent discourses and themes of and about adoption in
the United States throughout the following time periods: 1850-1919, 1920-1959, 1960-1979 …

In Inequality in US Social Policy: An Historic Analysis, Bryan Warde illuminates the
pervasive and powerful role that social inequality based on race and ethnicity, gender …

When did the kid who strolled the wooded path, trolled the stream, played pick-up ball in the
back forty turn into the child confined to the mall and the computer screen? How did “Go out …

Christianity has been integral to the development of America's child welfare policy in two
ways: Christian beliefs have influenced evolving American cultural norms about parenting …

The Department of Parks viewed the Farm as a success, and after three years as a
temporary, privately funded project, the agency gave the Children's School Farm a …