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Righting Our Wrongs : = A Mixed Methods Case Study of a Collaboration between Human Service Agencies to Address an Unintended Policy Consequence and Increase the Well-Being of Children.

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Title/Author:	Righting Our Wrongs :/
Reminder of title:	A Mixed Methods Case Study of a Collaboration between Human Service Agencies to Address an Unintended Policy Consequence and Increase the Well-Being of Children.
Author:	Howard, Lanikque L.
Description:	1 online resource (218 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-11A(E).
Subject:	Social research. -
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ISBN:	9780438106574

Righting Our Wrongs : = A Mixed Methods Case Study of a Collaboration between Human Service Agencies to Address an Unintended Policy Consequence and Increase the Well-Being of Children.
Howard, Lanikque L.

Righting Our Wrongs :A Mixed Methods Case Study of a Collaboration between Human Service Agencies to Address an Unintended Policy Consequence and Increase the Well-Being of Children. - 1 online resource (218 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

U.S. federal law requires states to take steps to secure child support from parents who have a child in foster care. Federal policy also allows for the consideration of the "best interests of the child" when determining whether to pursue child support. Despite this clause, in practice, decisions about child support often focus on the responsibility of parents to provide financial support and on the revenue generated by charging parents for their child's care. Consequently, current child welfare policy in Wisconsin often results in both custodial and noncustodial parents being ordered to pay child support to offset the costs of their children's stay in foster care. Given that research has shown that a $100 child support order to offset foster care cost is associated with a 6.6-month delay in reunification and that counties only recover about 3% of child welfare expenditures, the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) established a collaborative workgroup to refine the referral policy.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780438106574Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Social research.
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Righting Our Wrongs : = A Mixed Methods Case Study of a Collaboration between Human Service Agencies to Address an Unintended Policy Consequence and Increase the Well-Being of Children.
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