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- ↑ The History of the White House Conferences on Children and Youth. Child Welfare League of America. Retrieved 4/12/08.
- ↑ Recommendations of the White House Conference on Children and Youth. Social Security Administration(1951) Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 14 No. 2. Retrieved 9/3/2013
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- ↑ Hess, Stephen. The Professor and the President: Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White House (Brookings, 2014) page 110
- ↑ "Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) Hails Introduction of Bill to Create White House Conference on Children and Youth." Reuters.
- ↑ "H.R.618 - White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act". The Library of Congress.
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