title: Making It Work Without a Family Drug Court: Connecticut's Approach to Parental Substance Abuse in the Child Welfare System.
abstract: Parental substance abuse presents, complex challenges for the child welfare system and courts. This article describes the State of Connecticut's experience implementing the Recovery Specialist Voluntary Program (RSVP), a recovery support program designed to confront the problem of parental substance abuse within the child welfare system without, a family drug court. The state-level collaboration efforts, system changes, factors affecting development and implementation of RSVP, program participants, and preliminary outcomes are described.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ungemack
authors.forename: Marilou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giovannucci
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moy
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohrenberger
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dematteo
authors.forename: Staceyann
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003237:Connecticut; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D010290:Parents; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome