What You Need to Know about Child Well-Being and Serving Children in Family Drug Courts

July 24, 2012CA&N Resourcesabuse, child maltreatment, child welfare, children, coordination, drug court, neglect, parents, substance abuseMiPSAC

July 11, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Parental substance use disorders are a factor in majority of CWS cases. Research linking the two issues is compelling. Substance use and child maltreatment are often multi-generational problems that can only be addressed through a coordinated approach across multiple systems working in conjunction to address the needs of both the parents and the children. Link to pdf Slides

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