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Peer reviewedMcKelvy, Doris – Child Welfare, 1981
Due to a shift in clientele from Whites to Blacks, many voluntary child welfare agencies have begun to alter agency structure, orientation, and practices. Community outreach, board roles, and staff roles are discussed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Role, Black Youth, Blacks
Peer reviewedJackson-White, Geraldine; And Others – Child Welfare, 1997
Traces the history of self-help in the African American community, with emphasis on services and programs for children. Claims that the traditions of self-help are very much alive in the African American community, and are manifest in a range of activities. Illustrates contemporary models of self-help from the example of one adoption agency. (MOK)
Descriptors: Adoption, Blacks, Child Welfare, Community Action
Peer reviewedDanzy, Julia; Jackson, Sondra M. – Child Welfare, 1997
Discusses historic significance of kinship care in preserving African American families, development of kinship care and family preservation programs, and importance of the natural relationship between the two. Presents findings on states' use of kinship care in plans for the Family Preservation and Support Services Act, and explores whether they…
Descriptors: Black Family, Blacks, Child Development, Child Welfare
