The manual also provides information to help educate local policymakers on how drug treatment is cost-effective and benefits the entire family, to encourage interagency cooperation, and to support local efforts in moving parents from welfare to work. The discussion notes that more than 9.6 million children live with a parent who abuses alcohol or is drug dependent. Parental risk factors are disproportionately high among women who have low incomes or are receiving welfare. Welfare recipients acknowledge that addiction is a significant barrier to self-sufficiency. In addition, 50 percent of out-of-home placements of children occur because the parents have drug problems. Communities across the country are implementing various approaches to working with children and parents to create healthier families. The national demonstration program called Free to Grow offers several promising models of family and community partnerships that use Head Start organizations as the lead agencies. In addition, materials and resources are available on preventing drug use among children and adolescents and on research-based principles of drug treatment. Furthermore, four conferences will aid understanding of the impact of drug abuse on families. Lists and descriptions of resource organizations and publications