Children and Family Futures (CFF) provides 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 integrate new collaborative practices and to 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 can affect the well-being of the entire family, and thus recovery occurs within the context of family relationships. A family-centered approach to substance use treatment provides a comprehensive array of clinical treatment and related support services that meet the needs of the children and each member in the family, not only the parent with the substance use disorder or the child’s need for safety and permanence. While service length, setting type, and program size can vary, all family-centered treatment 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.