Re: current research

["lisa fontes" <lfontes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try contacting the NOW-LDEF (National Organization for WOmen Legal
Defense and Education Fund) based in NY City. They are
supporting/collecting all kinds of research on welfare reform and
families.

Lisa Fontes


Julia Littell wrote:
> 
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx