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Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
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Michigan Department of Human Services
Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Conditions of Youth Preparing to Leave State Care, February 22, 2004
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
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A Plan to Strengthen Systems and Reduce the Number of African-American Children in Child Welfare, 2005
Illinois Child Welfare, Volume 2, Numbers 1 and 2
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Summary of the Special Forum Held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
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Serving Youth Aging Out of Foster Care, 2004
Rachel H. Sherman, The Finance Project
Services in Urban Communities, July 2006
Summary of the Special Forum Held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
Prepared by: Beth A. Stroul, M.ED., Orlando, Florida
Assessing Outcomes of Youth Transitioning from Foster Care, October 2006
Amanda Singer, Research Consultant for the State of Utah Department of Human Services
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Mark E. Courtney
Chapin Hall Center for Children and School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
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Compiled by the ABA Center on Children and the Law
Racial Disparity in Foster Care Admissions, September 2007
Fred Wulczyn, Bridgette Lery
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