Children in "Newly Poor" Families in the Twin Cities: Coping with the Current Economic Crisis (2011)
Foundation should not shirk its primary goal: Aiding the needy (Star Trib, 2008)
Protective Supervision: An Exploratory Study (2006)
Brief Encounters: Children in Shelter for Seven Days or Less (2005)
Brief encounters: Children in Shelter for 7 days or less (2004)
Wrap Up: Reflections and Recommendations: “The Meth Phenomenon: What Do We Know?” (2004)
Visitation: Through the Eyes of a Child (2003)
When Rescue is Urgent: Children in Shelter Placement for Seven Days or Less (2001)
The Contribution of Ethnographic Interviewing to Culturally Competent Practice (2001)
When the Rehabilitation Ideal Fails: A Study of Parental Rights Termination (2001)
Sovereignty: The Heart of the Matter (2000)
A Social Justice Framework for Child Welfare: The Agenda for a New Century (2000)
When the Rehabilitation Ideal Fails: A Study of Parental Rights Termination (2001)
The Fragile Early Years: Assessing the Mental Health of Infants and Toddlers (1999)
Considering Attachment Issues in Permanency Decisions (1998)
Redrawing the Familly Circle: Concurrent Planning—Permanency for Young Children in High
Risk Situations (1997)
Are Communities the Problem or the Solution for High-Risk Families and Children? (1998)
Rethinking Child Welfare: Can the System be Transformed through Community Partnerships? (1997)
Study of Young Children Who are Wards of the State of Minnesota as of October 14, 1996. (1997) *unavailable
Report on Child Maltreatment, The State of Minnesota (1997)
Defining Excellence for School-Linked Services (1996)
Kinship Foster Care in Minnesota: A Study of Three Counties (1996)
Children in the Shadows: The Fate of Children in Neglecting Families (1995) *unavailable
Report on Children in Neglecting Families: The State of Minnesota 1982 and 1992 (1994) *unavailable
Integrating Services for High Risk School-Age Children and Their Families (1993)
Paternity Decisions of Young, ‘Self-Sufficient’ (non-AFDC), Unmarried Mothers: An Exploratory Study Funded by the McKnight Foundation (1992) *unavailable
Testimony Prepared by Esther Wattenberg on the Downey/Hyde Child Support Enforcement and Assistance Proposal, House Committee, on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, July 1, 1992 (1992) *unavailable
Children of the State: Children in the Child Welfare System, Minnesota (1992)
Children Having Children: The Crisis and Minnesota’s Response (1991)
Study of Paternity Decisions of Young, Unmarried Parents (1991) *unavailable
Executive Summary of a Study of Paternity Decisions: Perspectives from Young Mothers and Young Fathers. (1991) *unavailable
Unmarried Fathers: Perplexing Questions (1990)
Male Role in Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting: New Directions for Public Policy (1990)
Adolescent Childbearing and Prevention Strategies: A Battleground for Testing the Limits of Government Intervention (1989) *unavailable
Decision-Making in Paternity Decisions of Young, Unmarried Parents (1989) *unavailable
Mandatory Case Planning for Minnesota Minor Mothers and Their Children (1989) *unavailable
To Promote the General Welfare (1988)
Expanding Opportunities for Single Parents through Housing. Guidelines for New and Existing Housing and Neighborhoods that Meet the Needs of SIngle-Parent Families. (1987) *unavailable
Illusion of Self-Sufficiency: Realities for Working, Single Parent Families (1987)
Evaluation of the McKnight Low Income Single Parent Loan Program: Second Year (1987) *unavailable
Establishing Paternity for Nonmarital Children (1987)
Down to the Bone: Community-Based Facilities in a Time of Retrenchment (1986)
Evaluation of the McKnight Low-Income Single Parent Loan Program (1986)
Down to the Bone: Community-Based Facilities in a Time of Retrenchment (1986)
In A Different Light: A Feminist Perspective on the Role of Mothers in Father-Daughter Incest. (1985)
Project on Paternity Adjudication and Child Support Obligations of Teenage Parents. (1984)
Competitive Tension in Delivering Social Services and Programs: The Role of CAPs in Rural Minnesota (1983)
Rethinking Child Care Issues: The Family Day Care Option (1982)
Family Day Care: Out of the Shadows and into the Spotlight (1981)
When Women Must Work: A Study of the Location of Jobs With Livable Wages for Women in Minnesota (1980)
Neighborhoods and Citizen Participation: A Search for an Effective Model (1979)
Room at the Top: Moving Women into Administrative Positions in Social Welfare (1978)
Funding Social Services in Minnesota (1977)
Assessment of CHild Welfare Training (1977)
Characteristics of Family Day Care Providers: Implications for Training (1977)
Minnesota Child Welfare Training Project. Interim Project Report (1976)
Report on the Minneapolis Citizen’s Advisory Committee on Community Development: The Characteristics of the Elected and Appointed Officials (1975)
Final Report of the Ramsey County Family Day Care Training Project (1975)
Minnesota Family Day Care Training Project: Final Report (1974)
Learned Helplessness: Some observations of Women in the Labor Force and Their Implications for Social Work (1974)
Family Day Care Consultant: The Invention of a Strategic Catalyst to Upgrade the Quality of Family Day Care Homes (1973)
Two-Year Experience with New Careers: Summary and Recommendations (1971)
Study of the City: A Book of Readings, Vols. I-III (1970)
Progress Report on Education - Minneapolis New Careers Program, University of Minnesota. First Fiscal Year, Ending June 30, 1968. (1968)