NCJ Number
151423
Journal
Journal of the Child Welfare League of America Volume: 73 Issue: 5 Dated: special issue (September/October 1994) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
P A Curtis
Date Published
1994
Length
303 pages
Annotation
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) convened a national colloquium in February 1990 to advance knowledge in the child welfare field; a research agenda was developed to enhance child welfare practices and public policies targeting children and their families.
Abstract
As a result of the colloquium and further discussions with researchers, service practitioners, and policymakers nationwide, the CWLA created the National Council on Research in Child Welfare (NCRCW). Made up of agency-based and university-based researchers, agency executives, and Federal Government and private sector representatives, the first task of the NCRCW was to develop a child welfare research agenda. That agenda seeks to identify critical gaps in empirical knowledge about child welfare and is organized into four basic sections: information technologies, child abuse and neglect prevention, child protection and family reunification, and out-of-home care. The agenda emphasizes building knowledge that strengthens child welfare core competencies, such as child protection, family preservation and reunification, adoption, family foster care, kinship care, treatment foster care, and residential group care services. The agenda also focuses on independent living programs, risk assessment, and the link between child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency. References and figures