Another small, qualitative study
involved interviews with nine caseworkers and
several child welfare administrators working in three
different public child welfare
agencies in the Washington D.C. region.18 Although the small number of participants and the regional focus of this research limit our ability to generalize about these findings, they do offer some insights into the reunification decision - making process.
Sometimes professionals from
several different agencies are
involved in a child's life, for example Children's Services, Health, Education.