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NCJ Number: NCJ 171669   Add to Shopping cart
Title: Responding to Alcohol and Other Drug Problems in Child Welfare: Weaving Together Practice and Policy
Author(s): N K Young ; S L Gardner ; K Dennis
Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
United States
Sale: Child Welfare League of America, Inc.
2345 Crystal Drive
Suite 250
Arlington, VA 22202-4801
United States
Document Url: HTML 
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 190
Type: Training Materials
Origin: United States
Language: English
Grant No.: 98-JN-FX-K001
Publication No.: ISBN 0-87868-736-X
Annotation: Drawing on the experience of several models of child welfare practice, this guidebook sets forth a policy framework that can assist child welfare agencies in responding to welfare parents who are users and abusers of alcohol and other drugs (AOD), the effects of which impair their parenting skills and threaten the safety of their children.
Abstract: The first chapter describes the overall framework in which AOD and child welfare system (CWS) policy issues are currently addressed, summarizing the underlying values and circumstances that affect practice and policy regarding the connection between CWS and AOD services. Chapter 2 presents several models of CWS- AOD connections, as well as recent innovations within the CWS field. Chapter 3 examines the lessons that are emerging from the models and innovative practices, and chapter 4 describes AOD treatment and special issues for children. Chapter 5 defines the role of assessment in linking CWS and AOD services. In chapter 6, the authors discuss the need for child welfare reform efforts to understand the roles of other service systems in addressing AOD- related problems. The final chapter presents recommendations for strengthening practices and refining policy. Throughout the guidebook, the experience from Sacramento County, Calif., is used as a case study of the issues. 15 tables, chapter references, and appended collaborative values inventory, dialog on practice and policy, the review panel, and the Child Welfare League of America's Chemical Dependency and Child Welfare Task Force
Main Term(s): Juvenile/family relations
Index Term(s): Welfare services ; Social work ; Interagency cooperation ; Drug treatment ; Child welfare
 
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