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Foster parenting. (Dept. of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1978), by United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Inc Arthur D. Little (page images at HathiTrust)
National study of social services to children and their families : overview : prepared for National Center for Child Advocacy, United States Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Office of Human Development Services, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (The Bureau : for sale by the Supt. of Docs. U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by Ann W. Shyne, Anita G. Schroeder, and National Center for Child Advocacy (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
National action for foster children : a survey of activities based on reports submitted by States and Committees, November 1974-December 1975 (The Bureau, 1976), by United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
Cost analysis in child welfare services: adoption and foster home costs (Washington, 1959), by United States Children's Bureau, Martin Wolins, and Edward E. Schwartz (page images at HathiTrust)
Deterrents to the adoption of children in foster care, by Bernice Boehm, director of adoption pilot project, Child Welfare League of America. (New York, 1958), by Child Welfare League of America and Bernice Boehm (page images at HathiTrust)
Child Welfare League of America standards for foster family care service. (Child Welfare League of America, 1959), by Child Welfare League of America. Committee on Standards for Foster Family Care Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Licensing of child care facilities by state welfare departments; a conceptual statement (U.S. Social and Rehabilitation Service, 1968), by Norris E. Class (page images at HathiTrust)
Clothing practices. [A study of how 128 League member agencies provide clothing for children in foster care] (N[ew] Y[ork], 1953), by Child Welfare League of America and Henrietta L. Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
Preliminary conference report. (Office of Child Development, 1971), by National Conference of Foster Parents (1st : 1971 : Chicago) and United States. Office of Child Development (page images at HathiTrust)
A foster home program for older persons. (National Social Welfare Assembly, 1952), by William Posner (page images at HathiTrust)
No place to call home : discarded children in America : a report together with additional and dissenting views of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (page images at HathiTrust)
CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocate for children-- : a child's voice in court. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1990), by United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care and adoption assistance programs hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Income Maintenance Program of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, June 24, 1985. (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Income Maintenance Programs (page images at HathiTrust)
Continuing crisis in foster care issues and problems : hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, April 22, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care, child welfare, and adoption reforms joint hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means and Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, April 13 and 28; May 12, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O., 1989), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation and United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care, problems and issues hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Children and Youth (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care and adoptions some key policy issues : prepared for the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by Paul E. Mott, Evelyn Roth Fogarasi, Richard Verville, and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Children and Youth (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care problems and issues : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate and the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session ... December 1, 1975. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Children and Youth and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care : incomplete implementation of the reforms and unknown effectiveness : report to congressional requesters (The Office, 1989), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Barriers to adoption : hearing before the Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session on examining barriers to the adoption of children, July 15, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by Family United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Children (page images at HathiTrust)
Implications for children, the child welfare system, and foster care outcomes (The Office, 1997), by Jane L. Ross, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources, and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Child protection oversight : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, April 22, 1999. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Challenges facing older children leaving foster care : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, March 9, 1999. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Employment outcomes for youth aging out of foster care : final report (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 2002), by Lucy Bilaver and Robert M. Goerge (page images at HathiTrust)
Treatment Foster Care (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1998), by Patricia Chamberlain and United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)
Racial disproportionality in foster care (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support (page images at HathiTrust)
Continuing crisis in foster care : issues and problems : hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, April 22, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (page images at HathiTrust)
Child welfare training : permanent planning in foster care : resources for training (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Development Services, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, Division of Training and Technical Assistance, 1980), by Susan Downs, Catherine Taylor, and United States. Children's Bureau. Training and Technical Assistance Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care, problems and issues : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, and the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1976), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Children and Youth and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education (page images at HathiTrust)
Child welfare and foster care issues : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, Oakland, California, April 16, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (page images at HathiTrust)
Social security and income security proposals : hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session, July 14, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care, adoption assistance, and child welfare services (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care, child welfare, and adoption reforms : joint hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means and Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, April 13 and 28; May 12, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation and United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care independent living initiatives : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, March 31, 1988. (U.S. G.P.0. :, 1989), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (page images at HathiTrust)
Proposals to improve the foster care and child welfare programs : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, June 1, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Child welfare programs : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, January 23, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1995), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight (page images at HathiTrust)
Encouraging adoption : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, February 27, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Barriers to adoption : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, June 27, 1996. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
HR 867, the "Adoption Promotion Act of 1997" (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Racial disproportionality in foster care (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal agencies could play a stronger role in helping states reduce the number of children placed solely to obtain mental health services (The Office, 2003), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Standards for foster family services systems for public agencies : user's guide (The Bureau, 1979), by American Public Welfare Association and United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster family care for emotionally disturbed children : a compilation of ten published papers. (Child Welfare League of America, 1962), by Child Welfare League of America (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Adoption Promotion Act of 1997 : report (to accompany H.R. 867) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1997), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care, problems and issues : hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Children and Youth (page images at HathiTrust)
Adoption and foster care, 1975 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1975), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Children and Youth (page images at HathiTrust)
Improving the well being of abused and neglected children. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal adoption policy : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, May 10, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Promoting adoption and other permanent placements : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, July 20, 1999. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Child welfare and adoption assistance : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, Hartford, Connecticut, June 1, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1984), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care : preliminary report on reform effects : report to congressional requesters (The Office, 1989), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Independent living (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Cuba's children in exile : the story of the unaccompanied Cuban refugee children's program. (U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social and Rehabilitation Service, Children's Bureau, 1967), by United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care : children's experiences linked to various factors, better data needed : report to the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate (The Office, 1991), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
Introducing CASA (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1985), by United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care, problems and issues : hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Children and Youth (page images at HathiTrust)
An Act to Promote the Adoption of Children in Foster Care. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)
National Action for Foster Children Week, April 8-14, 1973; a survey of activities based on reports submitted by states and communities. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973), by United States. Office of Child Development (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster care; a report about foster care provided in 1947 through public welfare agencies in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and the District of Columbia (Chicago, 1948), by American Public Welfare Association and Bess Craig (page images at HathiTrust)
Foster home services to children; helping the child to use foster home care. (Child Welfare League of America, 1955), by Marie H. O'Connell (page images at HathiTrust)
Informal and formal kinship care (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Division of Children and Youth Policy, 1997), by Allen W. Harden, Karen Maguire, Rebecca L. Clark, and United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Division of Children and Youth Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
Standards for foster family services systems for public agencies (Washington, D.C. : The Bureau, [1979], 1979), by American Public Welfare Association and United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)

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