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Project Description

Substance Abuse Services: The intervention involves providing substance abuse assessments and services to families for whom substance abuse is a contributing factor to CA/N. State will hire a substance abuse specialist to work with CPS in the Manchester and Nashua district offices to identify substance abuse-related needs and to help parents gain access to community-based treatment and support services. The evaluation involves random assignment to experimental and control groups, with 120 families in each group over the five years. Major goals are to prevent out-of-home placement, reduce the time children spend in out-of-home care, reduce subsequent reports of CA/N, and reduce foster care cuts; improve parents’ recovery from substance abuse and their use of available services; and improve the stability and adjustment of children in substance-abusing families.

Project duration: Nov 1999 - Jul 2005

Sites studied include Nashua and Manchester, NH

Sample Characteristics and Sites Studied

Approximately 240 children in the child welfare system.

Approximately 400 families meeting the study criteria were asked to participate in special treatment or a standard services group in each of the two districts.

Recent Findings in Brief

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