TY - BOOK AU - Mignon, Sylvia I., TI - Child welfare in the United States: challenges, policy, and practice SN - 9780826126429 PY - 2017///] CY - New York : PB - Springer Publishing Company KW - Child welfare KW - United States KW - Children KW - Services for N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -