PURPOSE: To serve the best interests of children by providing collaborative substance use evaluation and treatment services for parents who have lost or are at risk of losing custody of their child(ren) due to abuse, neglect, or dependency.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES: This program seeks to increase substance use treatment compliance, decrease use of substances by parents, reduce the number of days children are in out-of-home care, and to decrease removals of children from their home.
TARGET POPULATION:
The target population for this program are parents who have been identified as having substance use issues and who have pending abuse, neglect, or dependency case before the Hancock County Juvenile Court.