Child Welfare for the 21st Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, & Programs

Gerald P. Mallon and Peg McCartt Hess

October, 2005
Cloth, 784 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13072-1
$107.50 / £63.00

"A major reference work." — Future Survey

"The book will serve not only as a textbook... but also as a sourcebook of current practice applications." — Elizabeth M. Tracy, Social Service Review

"Mallon and Hess have done a remarkable job bringing together scholars and practitioners from all over the country to share their child welfare knowledge and expertise in a well-organized and easy-to-read volume. There is no doubt that this book makes an enormous contribution to the existing literature." — Hilda Rivera

, Hunter College School of Social Work

"Mallon and Hess have gathered the best minds and the most current thinking shaping contemporary child welfare to produce a comprehensive and outstanding collection that should be in the hands of every practitioner, educator, policymaker, and researcher in the field." — Joan Laird

, Smith College School for Social Work

Related Subjects

• Social Welfare
• Social Work and the Family

About the Author

Gerald P. Mallon is a professor and executive director of the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning at the Hunter College School of Social Work in New York City. He is the author or editor of numerous books, most recently Gay Men Choosing Parenthood (Columbia, 2004). Peg McCartt Hess is a consultant on child-welfare practice. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including Nurturing the One, Supporting the Many: The Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn (Columbia, 2003) with Brenda McGowan and Michael Botsko and Empowering Community Organizations (forthcoming).

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