Public Welfare articles from January 1996

Public Welfare archives from January 1996

"It takes a whole village to raise a child." (adopting special-needs children)
January 1, 1996... Two adoptive mothers of special-needs children share the triumphs, heartbreaks, and joys along their families' journeys. When my husband, Phillip, and I married 23 years ago, we were only 17, but we knew what we wanted. We made a vow that...

Adoption assistance.
January 1, 1996... Adoption Assistance In every state, children with "special needs" are waiting to be adopted. In the past, many of these children were deemed "unadoptable," and they languished in foster care, in part due to a lack of financial...

Coordinating investigations of child abuse. (guidelines for collaboration between law enforcement agencies and child protection agencies)
January 1, 1996... Many law enforcement agencies and child protective service (CPS) units of public child welfare agencies across the nation are conducting joint investigations of reported child abuse. The impetus for this cooperation comes mainly from state...

The children of crack: a status report. (children of drug addicts)
January 1, 1996... In the Fall 1989 issue of Public Welfare, Doug Besharov authored an article entitled "The Children of Crack," in which he charged that "as a society, we seem tragically unable to do what is necessary to protect [the] vulnerable children" of...