""Child Welfare and Family Services, Sixth Edition" provides a comprehensive introduction to child and family welfare policies and practice in the United States. The text examines important issues and ongoing controversies surrounding child welfare, and innovative practice methods." Offers comprehensive coverage of the latest changes in welfare policy and its effects on children and families. Reflects current trends and incorporates the latest demographic data." For anyone with an interest in or working in child welfare.

Product Description: Already a comprehensive introduction to community and individual and group child and family welfare policies and practice in the United States, the Seventh Edition of Child Welfare and Family Services by Susan Whitelaw Downs, Ernestine Moore, Emily Jean McFadden, Susan Michaud, and Lela B...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Carla Wainwright was building a house - and a future - with the man she loved. But when he walked out of her life, she held on to her dream of the house....Now, with the help of a reluctant contractor, Jack Dugan, she sees her project - and her hopes - rise to new heights...read more

Product Description: Remnant of Light - The Great War has recently ended, but in the continuing border conflicts, Elena's home city of Smyrna has fallen. Placed with her sister on a refugee ship, Elena is accidentally pushed overboard and left alone at sea...read more

Product Description: The Steadman Mill is the heart of industry in Eaststead, Massachusetts, weaving miles of cloth that is shipped throughout the country and abroad. The Kindred Hearts Orphanage is the pulse of the town's charity efforts...and, most recently, the focus of a wave of change...read more