Community work approaches to child welfare

1. Introduction, by Brian Wharf 2. Getting to Now: Children in Distress in Canada's Past, by Veronica Strong-Boag 3. Community Social Work in Two Provinces I. The Neighbourhood House Project in Victoria and the Hazelton Office of the Ministry for Children and Families, Brian Wharf II. Community Child Welfare: Examples from Quebec, by Linda Davies, Karen Fox, Julia Krane, and Eric Shragge 4. Community Organizing in Child Welfare I. Changing Local Environments and Developing Community Capacity, by Brad McKenzie II. Child Protection Through Strengthening Communities: The Toronto Children's Aid Society, by Bill Lee and Sharon Richards III. Learning from the Past / Visions for the Future: The Black Community and Child Welfare in Nova Scotia, by Candace Bernard and Wanda Thomas Bernard 5. Community Control of Child Welfare: Two Case Studies of Child Welfare in First Nations Communities I. Watching Over Our Families and Children: Lalum'util' Smun'eem Child and Family Services, by Leslie Brown, Lise Haddock, and Margaret Kovach II. Building Community in West Region Child and Family Services, by Brad McKenzie 6. Searching for Common Ground: Family Resource Programs and Child Welfare, by Janice McAulay 7. Building a Case for Community Approaches to Child Welfare, Brian Wharf Contributors Index