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Changing Child Welfare Systems to Serve Children and Families

To support a project aimed at examining what works to evaluate to create positive change in large, public child welfare agencies serving extremely vulnerable, low-income children and youth.

To support a project aimed at examining what works to evaluate to create positive change in large, public child welfare agencies serving extremely vulnerable, low-income children and youth.

About This Grant

Principal Investigator Olivia Golden, The Urban Institute
Grant Period April 2005 – March 2006
Programs Research Grants
Focus Areas Understanding Youth Social Settings
Topics Child Welfare
Grant Amount
$25,000.00

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