Download or read book Understanding Costs and Outcomes in Child Welfare Services written by Lisa Holmes and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's child welfare services operate under a limited supply of resources. This book explains how finite resources can be used most effectively, providing social work managers and policymakers with a comprehensive costing model to assess the links between needs, costs and outcomes across the full range of child welfare services.