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A Social Work Research Guide

Social work research guide

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American Indian and Alaska Native Roundtable on Long Term Care: Final Report 2002
Prepared by: Jo Ann Kauffman, Kauffman and Associates, Inc. under contract with the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Copyright: Kauffman and Associates, Inc. Received permission to post the PDF. (see below)

The Children’s Bureau Legacy: Ensuring the Right to Childhood (2013). Written and published by: Children’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.  https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/cb_ebook.pdf   This item is in the public domain.

Cost analysis in program evaluation: A guide for child welfare researchers and service providers (2013). Written by: Calculating the Costs of Child Welfare Services Workgroup.  Published by: Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/cost_analysis_guide.pdf  This item is in the public domain.

The Labor Market for Social Workers: A First Look (2001).  Written by: Michael C. Barth and Yvon Pho for The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.  Published by: The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. Copyright: The John A. Hartford Foundation.  Received permission to post the PDF. (see below)

Prevention Resource Guide (2021-2022).  Written and published by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect. "... seeks to highlight the innovative ways that communities around the country are doing purposeful prevention work to help children and families thrive..."  https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/resources/resource-guide/ This item is in the public domain.

Resident Centered Community-Building: What Makes it Different?: A Report from the Connecting Communities Learning Exchange (2013).  Published by the Aspen Institute, Roundtable on Community Change.  Copyright: Connecting Communities Learning Exchange.  https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/resident-centered-community-building-what-makes-it-different/

Social Work & the Affordable Care Act: Maximizing the Profession’s Role in Health Reform (2015?).  Written by: Christina Andrews and Teri Browne.  Published by: Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care.  Copyright: Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care. Received permission to post the PDF.  https://libguides.wustl.edu/ld.php?content_id=10384268

Unaffordable America: Poverty, Housing, and Eviction (2015).  Written by: Matthew Desmond.  Published by: Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Fast Focus No. 22-2015.  Copyright: Regents of the University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the Institute for Research on Poverty.  https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/fastfocus/pdfs/FF22-2015.pdf

Universal Coverage of Long-Term Care in the United States: Can We Get There from Here? (2012). Editors: Douglas Wolf and Nancy Folbre.  Published by: Russell Sage  Foundation.  Copyright: Russell Sage  Foundation. https://www.russellsage.org/publications/universal-coverage-long-term-care-united-states

What We Believe: A History of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, 1909-2007 (2008).  Written by: Candace O'Connor.  Published by: Washington University in St. Louis.  Copyright: Washington University in St. Louis.  Received permission to post the PDF.  https://wustl.box.com/s/3k1944fvgur1sssykv84fn45np9e5o4s

The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues (2009).  Written by: Victor Oliveira and Elizabeth Frazao.  Published by: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.  Economic Research Report Number 73.  https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=46177    This item is in the public domain.

The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues (2015).  Written by: Victor Oliveira and Elizabeth Frazao.  Published by: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.  Economic Information Bulletin Number 134.    https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=43927   This item is in the public domain.