Mignon, Sylvia I., <br/><br/>
Child welfare in the United States :  challenges, policy, and practice / 
Sylvia I. Mignon, PhD, MSW. 
 - xiii, 222 pages :  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Overview of the American child welfare system -- A brief history of the child welfare system -- Poverty and the child welfare system -- The educational system and child welfare -- Health, homelessness, and child welfare -- The juvenile justice system and child welfare -- Foster care -- Adoption -- Parent and child perspectives on child welfare services -- Child welfare professionals -- Innovations in the child welfare system -- Prevention and future issues in child welfare. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780826126429 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child welfare--United States.<br/>Children--Services for--United States.