Resource Archive

by David Tobis

“I have spent my life trying to shift the balance of power toward the disenfranchised—sharecroppers in Mississippi, peasants in Guatemala, children with disabilities, and poor families of color whose children have been taken from them, often for reasons of poverty and race…”

in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

by David Tobis
for The World Bank

Focused in five countries, the study examines the use of residential institutions for three groups: children, people with disabilities (mental, physical, or sensory impairment), and the frail and isolated elderly.

by David Tobis

This chapter tells an inspiring story of dramatic change in New York’s child welfare system and how parents whose children were in foster care contributed to those changes.

by David Tobis
Time Magazine

“Kids who are neglected may be better off remaining with their families with additional support than put into foster care.”

by Fred Scaglione
New York Nonprofit Press

An article discussing the goals and work of the Fund for Social Change with David Tobis.

Prepared by David Tobis
for University of Central Lancashire

Tobis identifies different kinds of data that are needed at various decision-points in the process of assessing and strengthening a child protection system.

Prepared by David Tobis
University of Central Lancashire

Tobis explains four models of child protection to distinguish them and highlight assumptions (biases or blinders) about child protection models to hopefully expand the policy options considered for strengthening systems.

Prepared by David Tobis
University of Central Lancashire

International Child Welfare: Analyzing and Reforming Child Protection Systems

Tobis breaks down and responds to Michael Wessells’ three approaches to reforming child welfare systems: top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out.