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Family Drug Court, Targeted Parent Training and Family Reunification: Did This Enhanced Services Strategy Make a Difference?

NCJ Number
306670
Journal
Juvenile and Family Court Journal Volume: 66 Issue: 2 Dated: 2015 Pages: 35-52
Date Published
2015
Length
18 pages
Annotation

The authors discuss their evaluation of reunification outcomes for children and families who participated in a family drug court which used two innovative, evidence-based parenting programs.

Abstract

This article reports findings from an evaluation of reunification outcomes for children and families who participated in a family drug court (FDC) that incorporated the use of two innovative, evidence-based parenting programs. In addition to comprehensive FDC services, families participated in the Strengthening Families Program and Celebrating Families!TM programs in a sequential format. The authors conducted data analyses on a sample of 214 children whose child welfare cases were adjudicated through the FDC and 418 matched comparison cases. Entry-cohort survival analysis results indicated that families receiving FDC services were more than twice as likely to reunify in a 45-month observation window. Publisher Abstract Provided

Date Published: January 1, 2015