An Assessment of the Privatization of Child Welfare Services: Challenges and Successes

Co-written by Madelyn Freundlich (Policy Director for Children's Rights, Inc. - New York) and Sarah Gerstenzang (Policy Associate for Children's Rights, Inc. - New York), An Assessment Of The Privatization Of Child Welfare Services: Challenges And Successes is a status report on the last six years' worth of privatized child welfare systems among American state governments; the varying levels of success with these policies; and based on the data, offers keen observations on what privatization can and cannot do to help children in need. Six illustrative case studies set in six different states, help document the points made in an overall treatise that strives to solidly answer the question: What does privatization truly mean for child welfare? An Assessment Of The Privatization Of Child Welfare Services is a seminal contribution, and should be mandatory reading for all child welfare advocates and policy makers.