Project Description
Subject Summary, December 2009
Authors: Elizabeth Lightfoot & Katharine Hill
The purpose of this study is to explore the prevalence and characteristics of children with disabilities within the child welfare system using administrative data, and to compare the characteristics of children with disabilities with those of children without disabilities, focusing particularly on ethnicity, gender, rural/urban location, and out-of-home placement rates.
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CASCW’s subject summaries were developed by affiliated faculty within the School of Social Work from 2004–2010. Child welfare-relevant evaluation findings, which include current policies and practices affecting Title IV-E eligible families and children, are incorporated into these supplemental training materials.
Each Subject Summary contains features such as discussion questions, selected references, additional resources, suggested guest speakers and a PowerPoint presentation.
