Toward building a typology for the evaluation of services in family support programs.

This article briefly reviews the history, philosophy, practice principles, and foci of family support programs, and discusses the difficulties these classifications pose for program evaluators. The authors introduce a new typology that deconstructs family support programs into their component servi...

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Published in:Child Welfare Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 405 - 430
Main Authors: Manalo, Victor, Meezan, William
Format: Article
Published: Child Welfare League of America July/August 2000
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