Family treatment can break cycle of child welfare involvement

Abstract

If leaders of substance use treatment programs that work with at‐risk children and families have often seen themselves at cross‐purposes with child welfare and criminal justice agencies, there is growing evidence of greater cooperation. The director of an innovative women and children's treatment program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made a pitch for coordinated and family‐centered care in a webinar presentation last week, using her agency's experience as an example.