| Contents |
Introduction: An overview of children, youth, and family services, policies, and programs in the United States / Gerald P. Mallon and Peg McCartt Hess -- Historical evolution of child welfare services / Brenda G. McGowan -- Family support services / Susan P. Kemp, Tracey K. Burke, Kara Allen-Eckard, Melissa F. Becker, and Amy Ackroyd -- Meaningful family engagement / Nicole Bossard, Angela Braxton, and Debra Conway -- Engaging Latino families / Hilda Rivera-Rodriguez -- Health care for children and youth / Jan McCarthy and Maria Woolverton -- Mental health care for children and youth / Martha Morrison Dore -- Educational issues for children and youth / Kristin Kelly, Kathleen McNaught, and Janet Stotland -- LGBT youth and their families / Diane Elze -- Runaway and homeless youth / Karen M. Staller -- Prevention of child abuse and neglect / Neil B. Guterman, Kristin L. Berg, and Catherine A. Taylor -- Child protective services / Diane DePanfilis and Theresa Costello -- Risk assessment / Aron Shlonsky and Eileen Gambrill -- Family preservation / Marianne Berry and Sara McLean -- Sexual abuse issues / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- Substance abuse issues / Joseph P. Ryan and Hui Huang -- Domestic violence issues / Judy L. Postmus -- Reunification / Barbara A. Pine, Robin Spath, and Stephanie Gosteli -- Guardianship / Mark F. Testa and Jennifer Miller -- Customary adoption for American Indian and Alaskan Native children / Terry L. Cross -- Kinship care / Rebecca L. Hegar and Maria Scannapieco -- Adoption / Gerald P. Mallon -- Birth mothers / Leslie Doty Hollingsworth -- Adoption disruption / Trudy Festinger -- Unpacking permanency for youth: overuse/misuse of another planned permanent living arrangement (APPLA) as a permanency goal / Jennifer Renne and Gerald P. Mallon -- Youth development and transitional living services / Mary Elizabeth Collins -- Family foster care / Madelyn Freundlich -- Residential services / Lloyd Bullard, Katherine Gaughan, and Larry W. Owens -- Sibling issues / Rebecca L. Hegar -- Visits: critical to the well-being and permanency of children and youth in care / Peg McCartt Hess -- Postpermanency services / Madelyn Freundlich and Lois Wright -- The child and family services reviews / Linda Mitchell, Miranda Lynch Thomas, and Bonita Parker -- Placement stability / Amy C. D'Andrade and Sigrid James -- Foster parent recruitment, retention, development, and support / Eileen Mayers Pasztor and Myrna L. McNitt -- Legal and judicial engagement / Marvin Ventrell -- Child welfare workforce issues / Sara Munson, Mary McCarthy, and Nancy Dickinson -- Child welfare supervision / Cathryn C. Potter, Michele Hanna, and Charmaine Brittain -- Research and evaluation / Crystal Collins-Camargo -- Disproportionate representation of children and youth / Ruth G. McRoy -- Fatherhood / Tanya M. Coakley -- Immigrant children, youth, and families / Ilze Earner, Rowena Fong, and Carol Smolenski. |
