title: Assessing progress against the size of the problem.
abstract: To summarize articles with the depth and range of the nine in this collection is difficult. What the articles demonstrate as a whole is that a great deal of activity is under way in the arena of connecting child welfare and substance abuse services, with a growing body of documentation accompanying it. The articles bode good news in that they indicate a broadening awareness of the interconnectedness of these issues, and they highlight a number of creative and effective programs that have been established to mitigate the problems. Tremendous challenges-from funding to outcomes research-however, are also made evident in this body of work.
authors: Children and Family Futures, Irvine, CA, USA.
authors: N K
authors: NK
authors: Young
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Wingfield
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Gardner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000639:trends*; D005190:Family; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States