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Freud arrives at Harvard: disrupting the disciplines -- Word War II changes everything: interdisciplinary research emerges -- The founding of the department of social relations: a determined dean acts -- The first five years: a golden age but integration proves elusive -- The 1950s: a decade of disunity and disappointment -- The 1960s: drugs and departmental drift -- The final unraveling: soc rel 148-149 disrupts and sociology departs.

Intro -- THE ADOPTION INCENTIVES PROGRAM: BACKGROUND AND FUNDING -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: CHILD WELFARE: STRUCTURE AND FUNDING OF THE ADOPTION INCENTIVES PROGRAM ALONG WITH REAUTHORIZATION ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- ADOPTION INCENTIVES -- SELECTED REAUTHORIZATION ISSUES -- RELATED LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS IN THE 113TH CONGRESS -- APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY OF TERMS -- APPENDIX B. TRENDS IN ADOPTIONS WITH PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE AGENCY INVOLVEMENT -- APPENDIX C. ADOPTION INCENTIVE BONUS STRUCTURE -- APPENDIX D. ADOPTIONS AND INCENTIVES EARNED BY CATEGORY AND STATE -- APPENDIX E. CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE AND WAITING FOR ADOPTION BY STATE -- Chapter 2: TESTIMONY OF NICOLE DOBBINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VOICE FOR ADOPTION. HEARING ON ''INCREASING ADOPTIONSFROM FOSTER CARE'' -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF RITA L. SORONEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION. HEARING ON ''INCREASING ADOPTIONS FROM FOSTER CARE'' -- WENDY'S WONDERFUL KIDS CHILD-FOCUSED RECRUITMENT MODEL AND MANAGEMENT -- CHILD-FOCUSED RECRUITMENT EVALUATION -- SCALING THE MODEL AND COST IMPLICATIONS -- CONTINUING CHALLENGES AND HOPE -- Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF KELLY ROSATI, VICEPRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, FOCUS ON THE FAMILY. HEARINGON ''INCREASING ADOPTIONS FROM FOSTER CARE'' -- I. THE CURRENT STATE OF THE US FOSTERCARE SYSTEM -- II. THE EMPHASIS OF OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH CHILD WELFARE -- III. PROGRAM OUTCOMES -- IV. CRUCIAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF WAIT NO MORE -- V. OUTSIDE ENDORSEMENTS FOR WAIT NO MORE -- APPENDIX A. ADOPTION INITIATIVE HALVES NUMBERS OF KIDS NEEDING FAMILIES -- APPENDIX B. FINDING FAMILIES FOR WASHINGTON'S WAITING KIDS RESULTS OVERVIEW -- Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF PAT O'BRIEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!THE OLDER CHILD ADOPTION &.

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