Call for Papers: Journal of Public Child Welfare

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE

CALL FOR PAPERS

DOUBLE SPECIAL ISSUE: 100 YEARS OF U. S. CHILDREN’S BUREAU’S PROFESSIONALIZING & IMPROVING CHILD WELFARE

Deadline: January 1, 2011 [extended]

In celebration of the U.S. Children’s Bureau Centennial, the Journal of Public Child Welfare (JPCW) issues this as a call for papers to be included in a double special issue scheduled for publication Fall 2012. The goal of this double special issue is to feature the U.S. Children’s Bureau’s role in the professionalization of the child welfare workforce to improve services and outcomes for children and families and a vision for the future.

Of particular interest are manuscripts with evidence of:

· Title IV-E Partnerships impact on professionalizing the workforce and/or improved child and family outcomes,

· institutionalizing child welfare within schools and departments of social work and professional organizations,

· engaging child welfare stakeholders including non-profit agencies with improved child and family outcomes, and

· community participation in and support for professionalizing child welfare.

With support from and collaboration with the U.S. Children’s Bureau (CB), the Journal of Public Child Welfare looks forward to publishing this double special issue. This issue invites the CB to write an historical overview of the CB’s support and investments in the professionalization of the child welfare workforce and another article on the CB’s vision for leading child welfare though the next century.

Submission guidelines and procedures:

· Provide a title page with author(s) identifying information (name, degree, title, affiliation, mail and email addresses, phone number);

· Provide an abstract page of no more than 150 words;

· Format using the APA 6th edition publication style and Microsoft Word;

· Do not exceed 25 double-spaced pages in length, inclusive of all tables, figures, and references;

· Submit online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wpcw

· Indicate 100 Years of CB Professionalizing & Improving CW Special Issue

All manuscripts will be reviewed using a double blind, peer review process, and authors will receive written reviews. Please contact the editors with questions.

Alberta J. Ellett, PhD                                                                                          Norma Harris, PhD

Editor in Chief                                                                                                         Co-Editor Special Issue

Email: aellett@uga.edu                                                                                    Email: Norma.Harris@socwk.utah.edu

Tel: 706-542-5409                                                                                               Tel: 801-581-3822

Journal of Public Child Welfare now receives all manuscript submissions electronically via the ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wpcw. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. Access ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support at http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests please contact the Journal’s Editor at aellett@uga.edu.