Definition of Child welfare agency

1. Noun. An administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Child Welfare Agency

child of the manse
child prodigies
child prodigy
child psychiatry
child psychology
child rape
child reactive disorders
child rearing
child safety seat
child safety seats
child support
child welfare
child welfare agency (current term)
child welfare service
childbearing
childbearing age
childbearings
childbed
childbed fever
childbeds
childbirth
childbirths
childbride
childbrides
childcare
childcarer

Literary usage of Child welfare agency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Substitute Care Providers: Helping Abused & Neglected Chldren by Kenneth Watson (1994)
"child welfare agency Increasingly, infant adoptions are being arranged independent of ... However, most foster parents work with a child welfare agency, ..."

2. Working with the Courts in Child Protection by Jane N. Feller (1995)
"The targets of these suits are generally the individual caseworker, his/her supervisors, and the State and/or local child welfare agency. ..."

3. Crack Babies: A National Epidemic by Richard P Kusserow, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, United States, Office of Evaluation and Inspections (1991)
"For example, one child welfare agency official reported an average caseload of 49 children for foster care and 161 for protective services. ..."

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