title: Introduction.
authors.affiliation: Bay Area Social Services Consortium, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. mjaustin@berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors