Round 1 Prevention and Family Recovery Briefs and Case Studies

Children and Family Futures produced a series of Prevention and Family Recovery (PFR) briefs that highlight cross-cutting lessons and experiences from the round 1 PFR grantees about providing a comprehensive family-centered approach for families affected by parental substance use disorders and child abuse and neglect.

The round 1 grantees’ journeys (from April 2014 through May 2017) provided valuable insights about the practice and policy changes needed for a Family Treatment Court (FTC) to shift from being an independent, adult-focused program within the court to an integrated cross-systems collaborative centered on the whole family.  CFF hopes the field can use these lessons and insights gained to replicate effective FTC practices in other communities.

The series of round 1 PFR briefs includes:

• Brief 1: Overview of the Prevention and Family Recovery Initiative
• Brief 2: Key Lessons for Implementing a Family-Centered Approach
• Brief 3: Cross-Systems Collaboration, Governance and Leadership: The FDC Trifecta for Systems Change 
• Brief 4: Evidence-Based Program Implementation within the FDC Context: Finding the Right Fit 
• Brief 5: Building the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity of Family Drug Courts

Note that family drug court (FDC) was the terminology used in the field during the first round of PFR. By the second round of PFR, the field shifted into more family-centered thinking and began referring to the courts as family treatment courts (FTCs).