TY - JOUR
T1 - Making It Work Without a Family Drug Court
T2 - Connecticut's Approach to Parental Substance Abuse in the Child Welfare System
AU - Ungemack, Jane
AU - Giovannucci, Marilou
AU - Moy, Samuel
AU - Ohrenberger, Karen
AU - Dematteo, Thomas
AU - Smith, Staceyann
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Parental substance abuse presents, complex challenges for the child welfare system and courts. This article describes the State of Connecticut's experience implementing the Recovery Specialist Voluntary Program (RSVP), a recovery support program designed to confront the problem of parental substance abuse within the child welfare system without, a family drug court. The state-level collaboration efforts, system changes, factors affecting development and implementation of RSVP, program participants, and preliminary outcomes are described.
AB - Parental substance abuse presents, complex challenges for the child welfare system and courts. This article describes the State of Connecticut's experience implementing the Recovery Specialist Voluntary Program (RSVP), a recovery support program designed to confront the problem of parental substance abuse within the child welfare system without, a family drug court. The state-level collaboration efforts, system changes, factors affecting development and implementation of RSVP, program participants, and preliminary outcomes are described.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 26827467
AN - SCOPUS:85005773674
SN - 0009-4021
VL - 94
SP - 107
EP - 123
JO - Child welfare
JF - Child welfare
IS - 5
ER -
