scholarly journals Progressive city in the progressive era : child welfare reform in Louisville Kentucky.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Marlatt
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
Child Welfare Reform

In Whose Best Interest? Child Welfare Reform in the Progressive Era

1983 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 762
Author(s):  
Jeremy P. Felt ◽  
Susan Tiffin ◽  
W. Norton Grubb ◽  
Marvin Lazerson
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Child Welfare Reform

Challenges of Street-Level Child Welfare Reform and Technology Transfer: The Case of Team Decisionmaking

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 512-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Crampton ◽  
Thomas M. Crea ◽  
Anne Abramson-Madden ◽  
Charles L. Usher
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Street Level ◽  
Diverse Communities ◽  
Child Welfare Reform

Team Decisionmaking (TDM) involves a meeting of community representatives, family members, and social workers who review every decision to remove children from their parents or change of placement, including reunification or adoption. Even when the leadership of child welfare organizations mandates the use of TDM, implementing TDM is very challenging. To understand these challenges, a research team visited five diverse communities and conducted 74 focus groups and interviews involving 180 administrators, caseworkers, community partners, supervisors, and TDM facilitators. This article reviews the findings of this TDM study through previous research on street-level bureaucracy and technology transfer. The results suggest successful TDM implementation requires attention to the discretion of street-level caseworkers and the organizational constraints they face.

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