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Saving the World by Saving Its Children: The Birth of the Modern Child Welfare Agency and the Children's Homes of the National Benevolent Association of the Disciples of Christ, 1887-1974

Hagesfeld, Elise C
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5561-8559
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1506620005033965

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, History.
The Civil Rights Act and the expansion of Title IV of the Social Security Act in 1962 vastly increased the number of children and families eligible for child welfare services in the 1960s. States and counties were able to offer a significant and sustained increase in government support for expanding existing institutional child welfare programs and creating new community based programs. The combination of increased demand and increased funding resulted in the transformation of children’s institutions from mostly custodial and residential charitable organizations to mostly therapeutic and community-based government-subsidized nonprofit organizations. This dissertation examines the history of three children’s homes affiliated with the National Benevolent Association of the Disciples of Christ from their founding around the turn of the twentieth century to the passage of the Child Abuse Protection and Treatment Act in 1974. These case studies demonstrate how federal legislation, state regulation, and the work of a national accreditation organization, The Child Welfare League of America, influenced the creation of modern child welfare agencies.
David Hammack (Advisor)
175 p.
American History; Modern History; Religion; Welfare
Child Welfare; Child Abuse; Orphanage; Foster Care; Dependent Children; Social Work; Social Welfare; Civil Rights; Social Policy; National Benevolent Association; Disciples of Christ; Child Welfare League; Nonprofit

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  • Hagesfeld, E. C. (2018). Saving the World by Saving Its Children: The Birth of the Modern Child Welfare Agency and the Children's Homes of the National Benevolent Association of the Disciples of Christ, 1887-1974 [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1506620005033965

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hagesfeld, Elise. Saving the World by Saving Its Children: The Birth of the Modern Child Welfare Agency and the Children's Homes of the National Benevolent Association of the Disciples of Christ, 1887-1974 . 2018. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1506620005033965.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hagesfeld, Elise. "Saving the World by Saving Its Children: The Birth of the Modern Child Welfare Agency and the Children's Homes of the National Benevolent Association of the Disciples of Christ, 1887-1974 ." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1506620005033965

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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