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2003

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Full-Text Articles in Social Work

Transracial Adoption: Families Identify Issues And Needed Support Services, Shirley Simon, Maria Vidal De Haymes Jan 2003

Transracial Adoption: Families Identify Issues And Needed Support Services, Shirley Simon, Maria Vidal De Haymes

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

The gap between the number of children of color in care and the recruitment of minority foster and adoptive homes has triggered growing support for transracial adoption, culminating in the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA) and the Interethnic Adoption Provisions (IEP) legislation. Although MEPA and IEP focus on eliminating barriers to transracial placements, tbey do not address support for families that cboose to adopt transracially Alack of professional literature exists in this area. This study explores a number of trans-racial placements and adoptions, with the goal of identifying, from the perspective of the families interviewed, potential services that would enhance such …


The Spiritual Dimension Of Family Life, Julia Pryce, Froma Walsh Jan 2003

The Spiritual Dimension Of Family Life, Julia Pryce, Froma Walsh

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.


A Constructivist Inquiry Of Church-State Relationships For Faith-Based Organizations, Jon Eric Singletary Jan 2003

A Constructivist Inquiry Of Church-State Relationships For Faith-Based Organizations, Jon Eric Singletary

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Faith-based initiatives have the potential to alter church-state relationships as they remove barriers to the public funding of human services in organizations that promote the role of values, beliefs, and other characteristics of faith. In seeking to "level the playing field" for these faith-based organizations, faith-based initiatives suggest moving away from past practices, where "religious" organizations utilized public funding for the delivery of "secular" human services, and toward the public funding support of organizations whose human service activities are based on faith in a more thoroughgoing manner.This research inquires into meanings assigned to opportunities and risks related to the public …