Title From pariahs to partners : how parents and their allies changed New York City's child welfare system / David Tobis

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents New York's child welfare system before the reforms -- Parents change -- Tilling the soil : the groundwork for parent activism -- Parents find their voice : the Child Welfare Organizing Project -- Other New York City parent-led grassroots organizations -- Parent participation across the country -- What improved, what hasn't, and what's beginning to slip -- Conclusions Summary 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 keyfigures change agents, and the parent advocates themselves Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Available through University Press Scholarship Online Online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 29, 2013) Subject Child welfare -- New York (State) -- New York Foster home care -- New York (State) -- New York Parent and child -- New York (State) -- New York Children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions Child Welfare -- New York City Foster Home Care -- New York City Parent-Child Relations -- New York City Child welfare Children -- Social conditions Foster home care Parent and child Social Welfare & Social Work. Social Sciences. Social Welfare & Social Work - General. New York (State) -- New York Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199344772 0199344779

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