Recovery coaches and the stability of reunification for substance abusing families in child welfare

Joseph P. Ryan, Bryan G. Victor, Andrew Moore, Orion Mowbray and Brian E. Perron

Children and Youth Services Review, 2016, vol. 70, issue C, 357-363

Abstract: Substance abuse is a long-standing challenge for child welfare systems. Parental substance abuse disrupts family stability, family cohesion, and jeopardizes the well-being of children. In the current study we test an intervention to improve child welfare outcomes for substance abusing families, specifically the probability of families achieving a stable (at least 12months) reunification. The intervention was an integrated case management model where recovery coaches were appointed to substance abusing parents associated with an open foster care placement. A diverse group of families (n=1623) were randomly assigned to either a control group (services as usual) or an experimental group (services as usual plus a recovery coach). Multinomial logistic regression indicated that substance abusing parents associated with a recovery coach were significantly more likely to achieve a stable reunification as compared with similar families in the control group.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.002

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