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- Title
Commentary: Citizen Participation in Child Welfare: Challenges and Benefits.
- Authors
Baumann, Carol
- Abstract
The author discusses the effectiveness of citizen panels in child welfare, focusing on the article "The Potential for Public Empowerment Through Government-Organized Participation" by Neal D. Buckwalter. Topics include panels in Utah, Kentucky and Pennsylvania as mandated by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA); child welfare agencies and organizational complexity; and the impact of citizen review committees.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CHILD welfare policy; CHILD welfare boards; DECISION making in child welfare; SOCIAL work with children; BUCKWALTER, Neal D.; UNITED States. Child Abuse Prevention &; Treatment Act; PREVENTION of child abuse
- Publication
Public Administration Review, 2014, Vol 74, Issue 5, p585
- ISSN
0033-3352
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.1111/puar.12233