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How Can Missouri Protect the Best Interests of the Child When a Parent is Incarcerated?
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2003)
This brief builds upon information presented to and gathered by the Missouri Children's
Services Commission to assess the impact of parental incarceration on both their children
and society as a whole. The first section ...
Comprehensive Child Welfare Conference An Evaluation of Interagency Learning
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
In Missouri, 9,833 reports of child abuse and neglect were substantiated in fiscal year 2004 and 8,725 children were under the care of the Department of Social Services, Children's Services Division. Each time a child ...
Term Limits & Tenure in the Missouri General Assembly 2005
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
The following report examines tenure and turnover in the Missouri General Assembly following the critical 2002 general election and the 2004 election. The 2002 election was the first since the decennial redistricting and ...
State of the State on Drug Courts in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Substance abuse is growing in the United States. In 2000 an estimated 6.5 percent of the population had a substance abuse problem, a proportion that increased to 7.3 percent by 2001 (SAMHSA, 2002). One result of increased ...
Missouri Medicaid Program: The A Graphical Profile
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
This report provides a graphical summary of the Missouri Medicaid program. It is intended to provide background information of the policy issues being considered by the Missouri Medicaid Reform Commission. The report was ...