A Review of Alcohol and Other Drug Issues in the States' Child and Family Services Reviews and Program Improvement Plans: Draft

Young, Nancy K.; Gardner, Sidney L.; Whitaker, Brook; Yeh, Shaila; Otero, Cathleen

doi:10.1037/e553482010-001

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“…The relationship between parental substance abuse and child welfare involvement is well evidenced in the literature. Between 25% and 80% of child welfare cases involve alcohol and other drugs indicated on the child welfare petition (Besharov, 1989; Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2003; Magura & Laudet, 1996; Murphy et al., 1991; National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 1999; Young, Gardner, Whitaker, Yeh, & Otero, 2005). In the best interests of the child, child welfare and the substance abuse treatment community must work together to address the challenging needs of parents involved with child welfare who have substance abuse issues (Child Welfare League of America, 2001; Semedei, Radel, & Nolan, 2001).…”

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Show Me the Money: Child Welfare Cost Savings of a Family Drug Court

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Finigan

2011

Juvenile and Family Court Journal

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Family drug courts are programs that serve the complex needs of families involved with the child welfare system due to parental substance abuse. This article summarizes the results of outcomes and selected costs of a system-wide reform located in Baltimore, Maryland. Results from this study found that parents served by the program entered treatment faster, stayed in treatment longer, and completed treatment more often than non-served parents. Children in program families spent less time in foster care and were more likely to be reunified with their biological parents. These outcomes resulted in cost savings, including reduced foster care expenditures.j fcj_1062 1..14 The relationship between parental substance abuse and child welfare involvement is well evidenced in the literature. Between 25% and 80% of child welfare cases involve alcohol and other drugs indicated on the child welfare petition (

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Show Me the Money: Child Welfare Cost Savings of a Family Drug Court

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Finigan

2011

Juvenile and Family Court Journal

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“…Often, child protection workers face a number of service barriers such as lack of training on substance abuse, domestic violence, and/or mental health issues; inadequate treatment resources as well as lack of awareness of referral sources to meet existing needs; conflicts in the time required for sufficiently thorough assessment, documentation, and service provision; legislative requirements regarding child permanency; and the developmental needs of children (Young & Gardner, 2003).…”

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Multidisciplinary consultation in child protection: a clinical data‐mining evaluation

2011

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This article presents the results of an evaluation of a multidisciplinary consultation program in child protection by applying a clinical data-mining approach. Using available agency records, data concerning mental health, substance abuse, and domestic violence consultations were extracted retrospectively for evaluative purposes. The results demonstrated that by examining existing records, child-protection practitioners were able to evaluate the existing practices as well as recognize areas for program improvement. Additionally, differential patterns emerged in consultation types. Lastly, a discussion of the strengths and limitations as well as implications of clinical data-mining studies is presented.

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Effects of family treatment drug courts on substance abuse and child welfare outcomes

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This paper presents results from the first large-scale outcome study of American Family Treatment Drug Courts (FTDCs)-specialised courts designed to work with substance-abusing parents involved with the child welfare system. The paper examines whether court, child welfare and treatment outcomes differed for 301 families served through three FTDCs as compared to a matched sample of 1,220 families with substance abuse issues who received traditional child welfare services. Propensity score weights were used to account for measured differences between the FTDC and comparison groups. Child welfare outcomes were analysed using analytical techniques that controlled for these inherently nested data (i.e. children within a family). Overall, the study found that FTDC mothers had more positive treatment outcomes than similar mothers who were not served by the FTDC. FTDC mothers were more likely to enter substance abuse treatment services than were non-FTDC mothers, entered treatment more quickly after their initial court petition than did non-FTDC mothers, spent twice as much time in treatment than did non-FTDC mothers and were twice as likely to complete at least one treatment episode than non-FTDC mothers. In addition, data from the study indicate that FTDCs influence a key child welfare variable of interest: FTDC children were significantly more likely to be reunified with their mothers than were unserved children.

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A Review of Alcohol and Other Drug Issues in the States' Child and Family Services Reviews and Program Improvement Plans: Draft

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Show Me the Money: Child Welfare Cost Savings of a Family Drug Court

Show Me the Money: Child Welfare Cost Savings of a Family Drug Court

Multidisciplinary consultation in child protection: a clinical data‐mining evaluation

Effects of family treatment drug courts on substance abuse and child welfare outcomes

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