TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Recovery coaches and the stability of reunification for substance abusing families in child welfare
JO  - Children and youth services review
A1  - Ryan, Joseph P.
A1  - Victor, Bryan G.
A1  - Moore, Andrew
A1  - Mowbray, Orion
A1  - Perron, Brian E.
SP  - 357
EP  - 363
VL  - 70
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0190-7409
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -