Achieving Permanence for Older Children and Youth in Foster Care

Edited by Benjamin Kerman, Madelyn Freundlich, and Anthony Maluccio

Paper, 416 pages, 17 illus., 10 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-14689-0
$32.50 / £22.50

April, 2009
Cloth, 416 pages, 17 illus., 10 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-14688-3
$90.00 / £62.00

"Although young people rarely use words like 'permanency' to describe the lifetime connections that are needed as one transitions from youth to adulthood, child welfare practitioners, scholars, and policymakers have struggled to form their own collective voice about this important topic. Well, the struggle for a collective voice should be over. These fine authors highlight the issues and speak in one clear voice about the need for achieving permanency for older children and youth in the U.S. foster care system." — Gerald P. Mallon, professor and executive director, National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning, Hunter College School of Social Work

Related Subjects

• Social Work
• Social Work and the Family

About the Author

Benjamin Kerman is the director of research and evaluation for Casey Family Services, the direct services agency of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, where he has conducted program evaluations and child welfare research since 1997. He serves on the adjunct faculty of the Yale Child Study Center. Madelyn Freundlich is a senior child welfare consultant who works with national, regional, and state child welfare organizations as they develop and implement practice, program, policy, and research initiatives. She holds master's degrees in social work and public health and two degrees in law. Anthony N. Maluccio is professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut and Boston College. An internationally recognized scholar in the field of child welfare, he has written more than a hundred book chapters and journal articles on child welfare issues and has twice been a Fulbright Scholar.

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