Using System Change to Increase and Improve Adoptions: The SWAN Model

Using System Change to Increase and Improve Adoptions: The SWAN Model

Pennsylvania's Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN), initiated seven years ago, makes use of multiple programs, projects, and strategies to increase the number and improve the quality of adoptions of children with special needs in the custody of public agencies. This public/private initiative inco...

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Veröffentlicht in:Child welfare 1999-09, Vol.78 (5), p.593-609
1. Verfasser: Jones, Martha L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adopted Children
Adoption
Adoption Assistance
Adoptive Parents
Child Advocacy
Child Welfare
Contribution
Emotionally Disturbed
ENHANCING SERVICE SYSTEMS
Handicapped
Interorganizational Networks
Legislation
Networks
Orphans
Out of Home Care
Pennsylvania
Permanency Planning (Foster Care)
Public Sector Private Sector Relations
Quality
Social Agencies
Social Programs
Social services
Special Needs Children
Special Needs Students
State government
USA
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Zusammenfassung:Pennsylvania's Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN), initiated seven years ago, makes use of multiple programs, projects, and strategies to increase the number and improve the quality of adoptions of children with special needs in the custody of public agencies. This public/private initiative incorporates features of learning organizations to make systemic changes. The program has been instrumental in the adoption of more than 6,000 children in six years, a statewide increase in the number of special needs adoption agencies, and increased financial and political commitment to the project.
ISSN:0009-4021