@article{ref1,
title="Hope for the children: a community-based approach to supporting families who adopt children with special needs",
journal="Child welfare",
year="1999",
author="Kramer, Larry and Houston, D.",
volume="78",
number="5",
pages="611-635",
abstract="This study explored the need for and use of support by preadoptive families of children with special needs in the Hope for the Children program. The families live in a community alongside other foster and adoptive parents, senior citizen volunteers, tutors, therapists, mentors, and family advocates, and receive extensive community supports. Descriptive results from the study provide a basis for recommendations about the use of coordinated service delivery systems to promote adoption success.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-4021",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}