Descriptor
Child Welfare | 3 |
Children | 3 |
Juvenile Courts | 3 |
Program Descriptions | 3 |
Social Services | 3 |
Adolescents | 2 |
Adoption | 2 |
Community Development | 2 |
Foster Care | 2 |
Intervention | 2 |
Juvenile Justice | 2 |
More ▼ |
Source
Child Welfare | 1 |
Author
Polivka, Larry | 1 |
Publication Type
Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
Guides - Non-Classroom | 2 |
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Florida | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Polivka, Larry; And Others – Child Welfare, 1979
Describes the results of an experiment in Florida in which jurisdiction over juvenile status offenders (i.e., runaways, truants, or incorrigibles) was transferred from the juvenile justice system to the child welfare system. (BD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Children, Delinquency
Chicago Univ., IL. Chapin Hall Center for Children. – 1999
This guide chronicles the ongoing work and writings of the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, a policy research center dedicated to bringing sound information, rigorous analyses, innovative ideas, and an independent, multidisciplinary perspective to bear on policies and programs affecting children. This guide, organized…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Child Welfare, Children
Chicago Univ., IL. Chapin Hall Center for Children. – 2000
This guide chronicles the ongoing work and writings of the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, a policy research center dedicated to bringing sound information, rigorous analyses, innovative ideas, and an independent, multidisciplinary perspective to bear on policies and programs affecting children. This guide, organized…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Child Welfare, Children