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Evaluator(s)	Treatment Research Institute, Inc. M. Gephart Associates
Investigator(s)	Fay Gibson (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University)
Sponsor(s)	National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
Funder(s)	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Annie E. Casey Foundation Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in US DHHS City of New York
Subcontractor(s)	Not applicable

Domain	Income Security/TANF
Status	Operational with Findings
Duration	Jul 1998 - Jul 2001
Type	Research and/or Program Evaluation
Goal	To implement and evaluate CASAWORKS for Families.
Program/Policy Description	Designed as a response to welfare reform, CASAWORKS for Families specifically endeavors to help substance-abusing women receiving cash assistance decrease substance use, secure employment, and increase their parenting capacity and assure family safety. The program is a multi-site "treatment/training" program to help drug or alcohol-dependent mothers on welfare to reduce or end their substance use, improve their parenting capacity, and assure family safety.
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Last Updated	12/13/01
Type of Summary	Reviewed
External Reviewer(s)	Fay Gibson (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University)
Contact(s)	Fay Gibson (fgibson@casacolumbia.org) National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University 633 Third Avenue 19th floor (T) (212)-841-5213 (F) (212)-956-8020
Publications Department	CASA Publications (not reported) National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University 633 Third Avenue 19th floor (T) (212) 841-5200 (F) (212) 956-8020

Populations Studied

Target Population	Recipients/participants/clients
Subgroups Analyzed	Persons with substance abuse problems
Sample Size and Unit	Across the 11 sites, 1100 women and their children will be served under the CASWORKS model in Phase 1.

Sites Studied

North County Interfaith Council, Escondido, CA
PROTOTYPES, Pomona, CA
SHIELDS for Families Project, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Women's Center, Baltimore, MD
Lakes Country Rehabilitation Center, Springfield, MO
Horizons Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDCO), The Bronx, NY
Clermont Recovery Center, Cincinnati, OH
Norman Alcohol Information Center (NAIC), Norman, OK
Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Renewal House, Nashville, TN

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