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Children and Family Futures works with agencies, courts, providers, and partner organizations serving children, parents, and families affected by substance use and mental health challenges. The first conversation helps us understand your work and find the right place to begin. There is no commitment.

Tell us about your work

How it works

01

Reach out

Submit the form. Choose the program you have in mind, or select General if you are not sure. A member of our team will get in touch with you shortly.

02

Initial call

For 30 minutes, we talk through your work, your priorities, and where CFF may fit.

03

Decide what comes next

If CFF is the right fit, we define the work together. If not, we point you toward someone who can help.

Who we work with

The agencies, courts, and partners in this work

  • State agenciesChild welfare, courts administration, and substance use and mental health authorities.
  • County departmentsChild welfare, family services, and county-level substance use and mental health divisions.
  • CourtsJuvenile and family courts, family treatment courts, dependency drug courts, and other problem-solving courts.
  • Substance use and mental health agenciesTreatment providers and prevention organizations.
  • Federal grantees and prevention coalitionsIncluding Regional Partnership Grant recipients, Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START) sites, and federal Juvenile Justice and Health and Human Services grantees.
  • Partner organizationsTreatment centers, nonprofits, public and private agencies, judicial and state associations, and others considering CFF for a grant proposal or partnership.

Programs

Know which program you need?

FTC

Family Treatment Courts

For judges, coordinators, and agency partners building, running, or scaling family treatment courts.

  • 19 years of technical assistance for family treatment courts
  • Work with FTCs in all 50 states, D.C., and Guam
  • 10,000+ professionals trained, with 95% participant satisfaction

See How CFF Works With FTCs

START

Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams

For child welfare leaders responding to parental substance use.

  • Title IV-E Clearinghouse “Supported” rating
  • Sole national implementation partner for START
  • 5,000+ families served across 100+ START sites

See How START Works

RET

Research and Evaluation

For program leaders building evidence for the next decision.

  • 70+ sites evaluated
  • Dashboards, reports, and briefing visuals teams can use
  • Sacramento County: the longest running continuous FTC evaluation in the nation

See How RET Builds Evidence

Consulting

Collaborative Systems Change Consulting

For agencies and partners turning shared priorities into changes in policy and practice.

  • Strategic planning and systems improvement
  • Training, implementation support, and coaching
  • Facilitation and resource development

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