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Unintended consequences of the push for accountability: the case of national child welfare performance standards

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  • Courtney, Mark E. & Needell, Barbara & Wulczyn, Fred, 2004. "Unintended consequences of the push for accountability: the case of national child welfare performance standards," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 26(12), pages 1141-1154, December.
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    1. Courtney, Mark E., 2000. "Research needed to improve the prospects for children in out-of-home placement," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 22(9-10), pages 743-761.
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    4. McBeath, Bowen & Collins-Camargo, Crystal & Chuang, Emmeline & Wells, Rebecca & Bunger, Alicia C. & Jolles, Mónica Pérez, 2014. "New directions for research on the organizational and institutional context of child welfare agencies: Introduction to the symposium on “The Organizational and Managerial Context of Private Child Welf," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 83-92.
    5. Preston, Mark S., 2013. "Motivating child welfare case managers: An application and extension of feedback information theory," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(4), pages 734-741.
    6. King, Bryn & Putnam-Hornstein, Emily & Cederbaum, Julie A. & Needell, Barbara, 2014. "A cross-sectional examination of birth rates among adolescent girls in foster care," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 179-186.
    7. Chuang, Emmeline & Collins-Camargo, Crystal & McBeath, Bowen & Wells, Rebecca & Bunger, Alicia, 2014. "An empirical typology of private child and family serving agencies," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 101-112.
    8. Shaw, Terry V., 2006. "Reentry into the foster care system after reunification," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 28(11), pages 1375-1390, November.
    9. Preston, Mark S., 2015. "Case manager job strain in public child welfare agencies: Job demands and job control's additive effects, and instrumental feedback's mediating role," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 30-40.
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    11. Collins-Camargo, Crystal & Hollie, Mary & McBeath, Bowen, 2014. "Private child and family serving agencies: Implications of national survey results for policy and managerial practice," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 142-149.
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    14. Vericker, Tracy & Macomber, Jennifer & Geen, Robert, 2008. "The story behind kinship care caseload dynamics: An analysis of AFCARS data, 2000-2003," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(4), pages 437-451, April.
    15. Naccarato, Toni, 2010. "Child welfare informatics: A proposed subspecialty for social work," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(12), pages 1729-1734, December.
    16. Raghavan, Ramesh, 2010. "Using risk adjustment approaches in child welfare performance measurement: Applications and insights from health and mental health settings," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 103-112, January.
    17. Van Holen, Frank & Belenger, Laurence & Carlier, Elke & Potoms, Babette & Vanderfaeillie, Johan, 2018. "Short-term family foster care in Flanders: An exploratory study into the factors associated with family reunification decisions," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 699-708.
    18. Chuang, Emmeline & Collins-Camargo, Crystal & McBeath, Bowen & Jolles, Monica Pérez, 2023. "Organizational supports for evidence use in child welfare," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
    19. Koh, Eun, 2010. "Permanency outcomes of children in kinship and non-kinship foster care: Testing the external validity of kinship effects," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 389-398, March.
    20. van Santen, Eric, 2010. "Predictors of exit type and length of stay in non-kinship family foster care -- The German experience," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(10), pages 1211-1222, October.
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    22. Shaw, Terry V., 2010. "Reunification from foster care: Informing measures over time," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(4), pages 475-481, April.
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