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The Failure of the Adoption Machine

Number 12212
Subject Adoption
Source Governing
State DC
Year 1994
Publication Date July
Summary Governing Magazine reports that "America's child welfare system keeps thousands of abandoned children floating in foster care while stable families wait to adopt them. It's a matter of tragically misplaced priorities... The story of the failure of the District of Columbia's adoption machine is far from unique. It is the story of government adoption bureaucracies across the country.."
Category General
Pages 5
Keywords advertising marketing ACLU American Civil Liberties Union Adoption and Placement Resources Branch Children's Rights Project welfare agencies
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