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First published 2002-10

Class Action Litigation: Judicial Reform of Child Welfare Systems in the United States

Marcia Robinson Lowry, Madelyn Freundlich, Sarah Gerstenzang [...]

Adoption & Fostering

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First published 2025-6

System Failures and the Realities of “Reform”: A Practical Understanding of Decision-Making in Child Welfare

Holly Thurston, Reiko Boyd, Jennifer Price Wolf [...]

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

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First published 2025-6

Understanding the Needs of Immigrant Families Who Are Involved in the Public Child Welfare System: A Case for Transformation

Kristina Lovato, Sophia Sepp

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

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First published 2012-10

Reforming Mental Health Services for Children in Foster Care: The Role of Child Welfare Class Action Lawsuits and Systems of Care

Elizabeth Oppenheim, Rashelle Lee, Carolyn Lichtenstein [...]

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

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First published 2022-7

Ensuring Authentic Representation and Collaboration Along with Research to Re-Design Child Welfare

Lisa Schelbe, Jennifer M. Geiger

Research on Social Work Practice

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First published 2025-6

Rebuttal from Dr. Dettlaff

Alan J. Dettlaff

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

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First published 2023-5

Deconstructing bias: The decision-making process among child protective service workers in Chile

Catherine A LaBrenz, Claudia Reyes-Quilodran, Diana Padilla-Medina [...]

International Social Work

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First published 2025-6

Centering the Young Child: A Developmental Case for Child Welfare Reform

Brenda Jones Harden, Charles H. Zeanah

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

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First published 2025-6

Beyond Reform and Abolition: Navigating the Complexities of Indigenous Child Welfare

Autumn Asher BlackDeer, Justin Harty

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

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First published 2016-4

Leadership Development: A Pathway to Transforming the Public Child Welfare System

Natallie Gentles-Gibbs

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

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