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Call for Papers for Forthcoming Special Issues

Implementing and Evaluating Child Welfkre Demonstration Projects

Devon Brooks and Jmqudyn McCroskey University of Southern Califorma

THIS sped ISSUE wdl focus on the implementation and evaluation of child wel- fare demo@rat~on protects. Findmgs fkom evaluations of muovabve child welfkre se~ces and programs have profound practice and pohcy m.@catkms. Imple- men&g and evaluating child we&e demonstr&ons, however, entails mynad cklknges that result from the untque and complex nature of children and youth seMoes.~speciallssueseekstomcrease our understalldmg of these chal-

& The issue provides an opporhmity for resesrchers, prac&m policy- and &den+i&vidually and coMoratively-to &are their N

with local, shr$e, and federal demonstmt~ons m child welfare. We welcome can- puiall res@ar& case studies, and umceptual articles that advance theory and methodology fbr conductmg demonstratl0~ msearch on ch&iren and youth ser- vlccs. spcclai cotitlon will be given to collaborative s4lbmisslons that ad- dress and o&r solutions for problems mherent to nnplementing and evaluating child welfare demonstratums. Three copies of manuscripts should be sent to Devon Brooks, School of Social Work, 102D MRF Bmldmg, Umverslty of South- em Cal&&, Los Angeles, CA 90098-0411

Latin0 Child Welfare Forthcoming Special Issue

Rodu~Becem,GuestEditor Uxuversity of California, Los Angeles

Children of Latmo hentage are the fastest growmg chid population m the Umted States. They are also the largest subgroup of children livmg in &milks with m- comes at or below the poverty line. Cor&ttes of pbverty such as child abuse and neglect, family dy&mctmn, and related problems are increasmg the rates of La- tine child out-of-home placement and need for cud welfare services At the same time, social p&i&s dmt specifically affect the well-beiag of Latmo ch& drenandfarniliessuchas~~nform,ellmifiatiwrofhealthcareandfood stamps to L&no mumgrants, elimmation of bilingual educatmn, and Enghsh

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