We provide training and technical assistance to help agencies and systems make a shift in focus from serving an individual to meeting the needs of each member of the family. We work with Tribes, states, counties, courts, and community-based agencies to 1) integrate new collaborative practices; and 2) sustain evidence-based parenting and children’s interventions into their systems of care to provide a comprehensive, family-centered approach with families. 

Parental substance use disorders affect the well-being of the entire family; thus, recovery occurs within the context of family relationships. A family-centered approach includes comprehensive array of clinical treatment and related support services meeting the needs of each family member, not just the parent with the SUD or the child needing safety and permanence.

While service length, setting type, and program size vary, family-centered programs share common objectives—ensuring parents are fully supported in their parenting roles and children receive the necessary services and supports to remain with their parent(s) during the treatment and recovery process.