Reflections on Child Welfare Areas of Practice, Issues and Service Populations: Sociological Autobiographies
This collection—the first in a multi-part series—includes personal reflections on child welfare practice and policy by leaders in the field. These essays offer insights and discuss major policy developments, reflections on changes in practice over the years, and where we are today related to selected child welfare areas of practice, program, policy, issues, and services to selected populations. Contributors discuss changes in the external environment or in family structure that contribute to children entering the child welfare system; changes in knowledge, policies, and funding that impact how children and families are served; and more; and connect their work to the tenets of CWLA’s National Blueprint for Excellence in Child Welfare.