To meet the already pressing demands for their services, human service agencies are trying to develop new resources and redeploy existing ones. The author proposes two strategies to deal with the problem and provides numerous examples of how these strategies have been applied successfully. (Author)

Data show that, despite philosophical opposition on the part of human service professionals, proprietary firms have become successful and apparently satisfactory providers of public child welfare services. Several attitudinal and administrative adjustments that could make contracting for services a less ideological and more effective procedure are…

Proposes a comprehensive definition of permanency planning and delineates its major components. (Author/RH)

Describes Lifelong Career Development, a systematic approach to acquiring skills and services needed by handicapped people to achieve and maintain an optimal degree of independent functioning. Discusses providing a normal setting, linking service providers, career development, and lifelong services. (JOW)

Discusses myths about homeless women--who they are, why they are on the streets, and how they behave. It then examines the realities. A survival center for poor and homeless women in Boston is explored, and the need for more such shelters is stated. (CT)

Referral advice was requested for mildly mentally retarded infants, profoundly mentally retarded infants, or Down's syndrome infants. Years of practice and population of town where the practice was located were the two variables that showed statistically significant relationships to physicians' advice. (Author)

Maintains that nonprofit organizations may harbor much creative potential to provide public services that government might otherwise provide and/or to enhance government provision of services. Areas in which nonprofit organizations might be particularly useful include health services and community programs in arts and sciences. (Author/DB)

The diversified expertise of social welfare professionals in urban development areas is a key to increasing their participation in assessing the social impact of municipal development. The experience of a Chicago program suggests specific ways of restoring social concerns to urban planning. (Author/BEF)

Reports on a study conducted to determine if goal setting is a feasible technique to use in meeting the needs of pregnant teenagers. (CM)

Reviews economic trends (marriage rate, growing labor market, manufacturing decline, and poverty) and contradictions in policy (family values vs. valuing families, opportunity vs. obligation to work, having a job vs. living wage). Outlines eight policy approaches in child care, job creation, minimum wage, housing, social safety net,…

Assessed factors influencing the developmental trajectories of young children at risk for harm to themselves and others. Information from offender profiles, research review, school data, and interviews with or surveys of parents, offenders, social service providers, and probation officers indicated that young offenders and their families received…

The State of Georgia Adoption Reunion Registry assists adoptees in searching for birthparents and biological siblings, and provides referral to support services. Responses to a mail-in survey of 45 adoptees and 46 birthparents, all users of the Georgia registry, indicated high levels of satisfaction with the registry's services. Birthparents…

A study of child protection agencies in New South Wales shows how reforms involving a neoliberal interpretation of the learning organization, rather than encouraging teamwork and employee participation, are used to govern and control. Such new "technologies of training" demand changes in the character and identity of workers. (SK)

Discusses adoption in the Philippines. Considers the Philippine adoption laws, foreign adoption, social concerns related to adoption, and standards for foreign adoption. (RJC)