Children and Family Futures

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Strengthening Partnerships,
Improving Family Outcomes

MISSION

Children and Family Futures strives to prevent child abuse and neglect while improving safety, permanency, well-being and recovery outcomes with equity for all children, parents and families affected by trauma, substance use and mental health disorders.

More About Who We Are

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children have parents who need treatment for a substance use disorder¹

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children entered foster care during the 2018 fiscal year²

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of those who need treatment services for a substance use disorder do not receive them³

EXPERTISE

Research & Evaluation

Conducting research and evaluation to measure program outcomes and effectiveness

Technical Assistance

Helping communities and programs build on their strengths to improve the lives of children and families

Training

Providing multidisciplinary and tailored trainings to help professionals build their knowledge and strengthen practice

CFF News You Can Use

Through federally- and foundation-funded projects, Children and Family Futures and its small business subsidiary, Center for Children and Family Futures, produces publications, reports, Technical Assistance tools and web-based learning for the field. The following are featured resources from our work. For more resources or information related to a specific topic, please visit our resources page or click the “Contact Us” button below or at the top of the page.

Disrupting Stigma to Support Meaningful Change for Families in Family Treatment Court

Disrupting Stigma to Support Meaningful Change for Families in Family Treatment Court

Join the Family Treatment Court (FTC) Technical Assistance and Training team for Disrupting Stigma to Support Meaningful Change for Families in Family Treatment Court on July 8 from 11:00am-12:30 pm PDT. This Practice Academy course invites FTC teams and practitioners to step back from their daily interactions with families and consider how their thoughts, beliefs, and language about parenting and SUDs influence how they communicate.

Working with Adolescents: Practice Tips and Resource Guide

Working with Adolescents: Practice Tips and Resource Guide

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare’s (NCSACW) Working with Adolescents: Practice Tips and Resource Guide offers tips for child welfare workers, treatment providers, and other professionals.

Building Collaborative Practice Series

Building Collaborative Practice Series

NCSACW developed the Building Collaborative Capacity Series to provide states and communities with strategies to create cross-systems collaborative teams, communication protocols, and practice innovations. These strategies aim to improve screening, assessment, and engagement to best serve families affected by substance use disorders (SUDs) and child welfare service involvement.

Exploring Civil Rights Protections for Individuals in Recovery from an Opioid Use Disorder a Five-Part Video and Webinar Series

Exploring Civil Rights Protections for Individuals in Recovery from an Opioid Use Disorder a Five-Part Video and Webinar Series

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW), together with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), created a training series to provide information to child welfare and court professionals about federal disability rights protections that apply to some parents with an opioid or other substance use disorder who are involved with child welfare.

Family Centered Approach Modules

Family Centered Approach Modules

To help communities move toward family-centered care, the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) prepared a three-part series of companion modules on implementing a family-centered approach.

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Putting Ideas into Action – Knowledge Application Series

Putting Ideas into Action – Knowledge Application Series

Putting Ideas into Action – Knowledge Application Series provides nine lessons from the Prevention and Family Recovery Initiative funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Duke Endowment.

FOCUS AREAS

Lipari RN, & Van Horn SL (2017). Children living with parents who have a substance use disorder.
United States. (2019). The AFCARS report. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau.
McCance-Katz, E. F. (2018). The National Survey on Drug Use and Health: 2018.