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Hearing on making adoption more frequent. Witnesses include: Mark Nadel, GAO; Maureen Hogan, Adopt a Special Kid/America; Kathi Grasso, Amer. Bar Assoc.; David Liederman, Child Welfare League of Amer.; Teresa Markowitz representing Hon. Bill Graves of Kansas; Richard Hoekstra, Michigan Family Independence Agency; Terry Cross, National Indian Child Welfare Assoc.; Valora Washington, W.K. Kellogg Fdn.; and Fred Wulczyn, Univ. of Chicago. Also, submissions by Robert Hart, Amer. Humane Assoc.; Edward Feaver, Florida Dept. of Children and Families; and George Ford, Harris County Children's Protective Services, Houston, TX.
In the early 1990s 50,000 children were in New York City's foster care system. By 2011 there were fewer than 15,000. In his book, David Tobis shows how such radical change was driven largely by a movement of mothers whose children had been placed into foster care, who fought to become advocates and stakeholders in a system that had previously viewed them as part of the problem. This book serves as an example of how advocates can change a system, as told from the perspective of key figures, change agents, and the parent advocates themselves.
Building Better Social Programs situates evidence-based policymaking with respect to the welfare state, describes key organizations driving the evidence-based movement, and proposes innovations designed to extend benefits to the working class. In addition to providing case studies of cost-effective programs delivering positive outcomes, this volume will include interviews with luminaries who have propelled the evidence-based policy movement.