Re: current research - Child Welfare

["Deb Kovalak" <DebKovalak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Julia,

You might try

http://www.cwla.org/pubs/periods.html#children'svoice

Child Welfare League of America has excellent information on its
website.

Deb Kovalak
Cleveland, Ohio
http://www.Join-Hands.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Julia Littell <jlittell@brynmawr.edu>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 12:33 PM
Subject: current research


>Can anyone point me to current studies or plans to study:
>
>1) the impact of welfare reform on the child welfare system (e.g.,
changes
>in: the number of incoming reports, types of incoming reports,
>substantiations, caseloads)
>
>2) the impact of welfare reform on child welfare clients (e.g., how
>families manage before and after their TANF benefits are cut, how
they
>juggle work and child care responsibilities) and
>
>3) the implementation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act's
requirement
>that courts speed up decisions to reunify families with children in
foster
>care or terminate parental rights.
>
>I'd like to be in touch with anyone who is conducting or planning
research
>on these topics.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Julia H. Littell, Ph.D.
>Assistant Professor
>Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research
>Bryn Mawr College
>300 Airdale Rd.
>Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
>610/520-2619
>FAX 610/520-2655
>jlittell@brynmawr.edu