◎ contents 1. Introduction 2. Development of the system 3. Child welfare reform through research and demonstration : permanency planning 4. The changing social portrait of families 5. The transformation of child welfare into children's protective services 6. Decision-making in child ewlfare : linchpin of the residual model 7. Dealing with child abuse, the red herring of child welfare 8. The economic condition of children 9. Programs and policies for achieving income equity for children 10. Tje underlying problem of child welfare : families that are not economically self-supporting 11. Developing a child's future security account program 12. A vision for the future