Building Community Support to Prevent Family Involvement in the Child Welfare System
Source: National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
Resource Type: Video or Multimedia
Focus Population: Family Members, Peers/Clients/Consumers, People in Recovery from Substance Use, People with Criminal or Juvenile Justice System Involvement
Topics: Behavioral Health Services, Best Practices, Community Defined or Evidence Based Practices, Child Welfare Systems, Criminal or Juvenile Justice System, Crisis Continuum of Care, Schools, School-based Services, Suicide Prevention/Postvention, Trauma-Informed Care
This hour-long webinar, developed by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, suggests strategies for encouraging family care plans. Such plans can prevent child welfare involvement—and family separation—for infants and their parents/caregivers who are identified as affected by prenatal substance exposure.