print email comment close Failure to Protect URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fostercare/ Description: Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program that "goes behind the scenes of [Maine's] child welfare system." The two-part series covers the death of a five-year-old girl while in foster care and follows caseworkers as they "confront the heartwrenching decision of whether or not to remove children from their homes." Includes analysis, child welfare statistics, interviews, program transcript, and related resources. Publisher: Frontline; WGBH; Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Extra Keywords Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Child welfare Child welfare -- United States -- Government policy Child welfare workers -- Maine Parent and child (Law) LII Database Information: Record 541 created by Jennifer English on 10/21/2003 Last modification on 04/28/2004 Published: 10/21/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/541