Public Welfare articles from March 1997

Public Welfare archives from March 1997

The partnership journey: first decade.
March 22, 1997... Editor's Note: PUBLIC WELFARE takes a break from its usual format this Spring with a special edition devoted to training and education partnerships that public child welfare agencies around the country have formed with colleges and universities....

Reengineering the child welfare training and professional development system in Kentucky.
March 22, 1997... The Cabinet for Families and Children moves to implement a continuum of preservice, in-service, and advanced leadership development opportunities for staff. Child welfare workers and administrators face serious challenges in the 1990s as a...

Pennsylvania's comprehensive approach to training and education in public child welfare.
March 22, 1997... An interdisciplinary, competency-based program prepares child welfare staff to address complex family problems and administrative decisions. Preparing child welfare staff for the complex demands and challenges of their work has long been a...

Nevada's university-state partnership: a comprehensive alliance for improved services to children and families.
March 22, 1997... In Nevada as in the nation, collaboration is the name of the game in educating child welfare workers. There has been a truly remarkable explosion in the number of collaborative ventures in various fields over the past decade. More and more...

Developing collaborative child welfare educational programs.
March 22, 1997... Recruiting and preparing students in Arizona for careers in public child welfare. Child welfare training needs today have their roots in the growth of demand for services both at the national and the state levels. This demand is reflected in...

Dispatches from the states. (reports regarding public welfare issues in five states)
March 22, 1997... California Some people might believe that the stork delivers babies, but in northern California's Contra Costa County, bus shelters and libraries are helping bring children to families. The need for foster parents grows almost daily as...