Child Welfare and the Challenge of New Americans

From: Children's Voice | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Velazquez, Sonia; Earner, Ilze; Lincroft, Yali | Copyright information

Growing immigrant populations are creating questions for child welfare policy and practice.

A s the immigrant population continues to grow nationwide, the child welfare field has an increased need to effectively intersect with immigration practices, policies, and laws. Child welfare workers need to have the resources to actively pursue answers to a large number of confusing situations and questions that affect the lives of children from immigrant families.

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