Silos to Systems: Preserving and Strengthening Families and Children Experiencing Recurring Child Welfare System Encounters and Housing Crises

2011

This paper takes a closer look at the characteristics and service needs of this subset of extremely vulnerable families that frequently are involved with both the homeless and child welfare systems, describes early evidence about effective models of serving this population, and outlines the opportunities available and systems changes necessary to bring these interventions to scale.

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