National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services Portrait of Private Agencies in the Child Welfare System: Principal Results from the National Survey of Private Child and Family Serving Agencies Written by Bowen McBeath, PhD, Portland State University; Crystal Collins-Camargo, PhD, University of Louisville; and Emmeline Chuang, PhD, San Diego State University September 2011 Funded by the U.S. Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau through the National Quality Improvement Center for the Privatization of Child Welfare Services