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Pasztor, Eileen Mayers; Wynne, Suzan F. – 1995
The demand for family foster care services has increased rapidly during the past decade, as has the number of special needs children requiring foster care. This monograph presents information collected over the past 20 years concerning policies and programs which have been used to retain and recruit foster parents. The ever-increasing need for…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Programs, Foster Care, Foster Children
Scheinfeld, Daniel; Wallach, Lorraine B.; Langendorf, Trudi – 1997
This manual details the principles and practices of the Refugee Families Program (RFP) in Chicago and the issues that have arisen in connecting these families to the educational, medical, welfare, and other institutions that can provide the family-strengthening support they need. The approach of RFP is to work with families through their…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), After School Programs, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
Family Support America, Chicago, IL. – 2000
Since their appearance in the early 1970s, family support programs have represented a new way of working with families, based on the partnership they establish with families, their acceptance in the community as an asset and resource for all families, and the trusting relationship they build with families who participate in these programs. This…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Child Development
