National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare

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cffutures.com
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SAMHSA/ACYF Partnership

• Report to Congress
• Stakeholders Meeting
• Confidentiality Forum
• CSAT-ACYF Regional Meetings
• National Center on Substance Abuse and Child
  Welfare

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THE FIVE CLOCKS

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
• (TANF)
• 24 Months Work Participation
• 60 Month Lifetime
• ADOPTION AND SAFE FAMILIES ACT (ASFA)
• 12 Months Permanent Plan
• 15 Months out of 22 in Out of Home Care Must
  Petition for TPR
• RECOVERY
• One Day at a Time for the Rest of Your Life
• CHILD DEVELOPMENT
• Clock doesnt stop
• Moves at Fastest Rate from Prenatal to Age 5
• The Clock that is Ticking on Us

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NCSACW Implemented Under Contract to the Center
for Children and Family Futures

• We are an Orange County-based policy institute
  dedicated to improving outcomes for children and
  families, particularly those affected by alcohol
  and other drugs and those involved in the welfare
  and child welfare systems
• Under the direction of Dr. Nancy Young, we are
  developing and implementing the NCSACW.

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NCSACW Mission

• To promote practice, organizational, and systems
  change at the local, state, and national levels
• By developing
• A comprehensive program of information gathering
  and dissemination
• Specialized knowledge and promoting its
  application through providing technical
  assistance         

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A Consortium Approach

• CCFF has assembled a consortium of national
  organizations and leaders to help implement the
  NCSACW
• CWLA Child Welfare League of America
• NASADAD National Association of State Alcohol
  and Drug Abuse Directors
• NCJFCJ National Council of Juvenile and
  Family Court Judges
• APHSA American Public Human Services
  Association
• NICWA National Indian Child Welfare Association

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NCSACW Tasks

• The are several tasks that will be carried out
  by the NCSACW through multiple activities and
  products. The primary tasks include
• Collection and Dissemination of Information For
  example
• Conducting a Literature Review
• Performing a Need Assessment

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NCSACW Tasks

• Providing Technical Assistance
• There are several levels of technical assistance
  to be provided through the NCSACW. These
  include
• Brief contacts
• Materials, questions, referrals
• Requires research or expert consult
• Statistics, special topic consultant
• On Site
• Facilitate work group, conference speakers,
  specialized training
• In-Depth
• Selection of sites and provision of on-going
  technical assistance to implement systems, policy
  and practice changes

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NCSACW Tasks

• Developing materials
• Materials to be developed by the NCSACW may
  include
• Technical Assistance Publication
• Compendium of training materials and curricula
• Tool kit on confidentiality and information
  exchange protocols
• Tool kit on measuring risk to children based on
  the severity of the substance use disorder

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NCSACW Tasks

• Developing Web-based access to information and
  tutorials
• Web site NCSACW.org coming soon
• Web-based tutorials audiences may include
• Child welfare workers
• Substance abuse counselors
• Court and judicial officers
• State legislators

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NCSACW Tasks

• Conducting Conferences and Meetings
• Three regional meetings per year on specialized
  topics
• National conferences in 2004 and 2006

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General Approach to In-Depth TA

• Based on work conducted for CSAT and published in
  Technical Assistance Publication 27
• Established a Framework for Defining Areas of
  Collaboration and Methods to Assess Effectiveness
  of Collaborative Work

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Elements of System Linkages

• Values and Principles
• Screening and Assessment
• Engagement and Retention
• Services to Children
• Staff Training and Development

• Development of Cross-System Outcomes
• Information Systems and Data Sharing
• Funding and Program Sustainability
• Working with the Courts
• Working with Supportive Services

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Policy Tools

• Development of Policy Tools to Facilitate
  Collaborative Work Across Systems
• Collaborative Values Inventory
• Collaborative Capacity Instrument
• Matrix of Progress in Linking Substance Abuse and
  Child Welfare Services

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Models of Changed Practice

• Workers outstationed in collaborative settings
• Increased case management and monitoring of
  recovery progress
• New methods and protocols on sharing information
• Increased judicial oversight and family drug
  treatment courts
• New Priorities for treatment access for child
  welfare-involved families
• New safe and sober housing initiatives

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• Thank you for your interest in NCSACW, if you
  would like to be placed on our e-mail list for
  updates and information please e-mail us at
• ldaly_at_cffutures.org