How do parent partner programs instill hope and support prevention and reunification? (APPENDIX)
This appendix provides a brief summary of the research on individual parent partner programs.
Substance use disorder
How can child protection agencies authentically engage with parents?
In this Q&A, parents describe their personal experience with the child protection system and how agencies can engage better with parents.
Upstream investment in children and families pays off
This resource highlights the tremendous costs of child abuse and neglect and the benefits of investing in programs aimed at children and families.
Does prenatal substance exposure impact involvement with child protective services during the first year of life?
Learn the findings from a study that explored the relationship between prenatal substance exposure at birth and CPS involvement during the first year of life.
Are decisions to substantiate impacted by caseworkers’ perceptions of domestic violence or parental substance misuse?
Learn the findings from a study that assessed how caseworkers’ perceptions of domestic violence and parental substance use influenced the decision-making.
What can child protection agencies learn from Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital’s response to infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome?
Learn how the Eat, Sleep, Console model promotes healthy parent-child attachment, destigmatizes NAS, and prevents unnecessary interventions.
How can fathers and other constituent leaders inform Family First and other system change efforts?
In this Q&A, Timothy Phipps describes the importance of involving parents, especially fathers, in designing the child welfare system.
How does Native American Connections’ Patina Wellness Center help parents in treatment and recovery stay with their children?
Learn how a residential treatment center is helping tribal parents recover from substance use disorder with their children.
What is Connecticut’s Family-Based Recovery Program?
This brief describes an innovative program that allows children to remain at home while their parents undergo substance use treatment.
Moving Hope Forward: A briefing on the Family First Prevention Services Act
Casey Family Programs, national experts and families brief members of the media on the Family First Prevention Services Act.
