@article{ref1,
title="Recovery coaches and the stability of reunification for substance abusing families in child welfare",
journal="Children and youth services review",
year="2016",
author="Ryan, Joseph P. and Victor, Bryan G. and Moore, Andrew and Mowbray, Orion and Perron, Brian E.",
volume="70",
number="",
pages="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 12 months) 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0190-7409",
doi="10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.002"
}