A grass roots approach to influencing child welfare policy |
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Authors: | Kathleen Kufeldt Marie Simard† Paul Thomas‡ Jacques Vachon† |
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Institution: | Adjunct Professor, Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, University of New Brunswick,;Professor, École de service sociale, UniversitéLaval, and;Professor, Dalhousie Law School, Canada |
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Abstract: | This paper provides a brief review of child welfare issues identified by a Canadian Task Force convened for the 1979 Year of the Child. Project experience with the use of Looking After Children is linked to the issues identified in 1979. A fairly extensive discussion of legal considerations is presented to provide a context for the challenge of influencing policy. Finally, the possibility of influencing policy from a grass roots approach that can transcend jurisdictional boundaries is presented as offering hope for change in a child‐centred direction. |
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Keywords: | child welfare legislation children's rights foster care Looking After Children |
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