Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, New York & Ohio To Expand Family Drug Courts

Court systems in Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, New York State, and Ohio are planning to expand the statewide reach of family drug courts (FDC) to improve outcomes for families involved with the child welfare system due to parental addiction disorders. FDCs bring together addiction treatment, mental  health, and other social service agencies to meet the needs of the family as a whole, with the goal of increasing parental participation in treatment. Compared to child welfare dockets or drug court programs operating without FDC components, FDCs operating as individual projects have been shown to increase parent participation in addition treatment, higher rates . . .