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The Training Process of the Maryland Guardianship Assistance Project: A Collaborative Model for Kinship Foster Care
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Child Welfare
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November 1, 2007
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Copyright informationCopyright Child Welfare League of America, Inc. Nov/Dec 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Understanding models of multidisciplinary collaborations in child welfare has become essential for policy development, program success, and improving outcomes for children in foster care. The authors present the state of Maryland's Guardianship Assistance Project (GAP) as a model of multidisciplinary collaboration in child welfare and describe the training process that supported the development of the model. Key components for effective collaborative practice, lessons learned, and recommendations from the GAP collaboration are presented.
Recent national efforts to address the growing numbers of children in out-of-home care have encouraged collaborative approaches to solving problems in ...