Ben Kerman is the director of research and evaluation for Casey Family Services, the direct services agency of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, where he has conducted program evaluations and child welfare research since 1997. He serves on the adjunct faculty of the Yale Child Study Center.Madelyn Freundlich is a senior child welfare consultant who works with national, regional, and state child welfare organizations as they develop and implement practice, program, policy, and research initiatives. She holds masters degrees in social work and mental health and two degrees in law.Anthony N. Maluccio is professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut and Boston College. An internationally… recognized scholar in the field of child welfare, he has written more than a hundred book chapters and journal articles on child welfare issues, and has twice been a Fulbright Scholar.