Increasing Family Engagement in Child Welfare Practice: Findings from a Pilot of the Texas Permanency Outcomes Project.
Family engagement, or meaningful family participation and involvement, has been linked to improved child welfare outcomes. Yet, to date, interventions to increase family engagement have been understudied. This study presents information from a pilot of the Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP) P...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Social Work Journal Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 169 - 180 |
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Springer Nature
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