Find out how you can join forces with a family-supportive childcare program in your area or develop one at your center and learn strategies for pushing policymakers to support your work with public funding. Funding to Combine Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Efforts by Margo Berch Matzdorf, M.P.A. Children of substance abusers are almost three times likelier to be abused than other kids.
Innovative partnerships can do something about it especially if federal funding is approved.
Looking Ahead by Virginia L. Mason, President and CEO A meeting hosted by Family Support America brought 120 parent leaders and others together to write a consensus document aligning public policy with families needs and strengths. Funding to Combine Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Efforts by Margo Berch Matzdorf, M.P.A. Substance abuse is a major factor in child abuse and neglect. According to the Child Welfare League of America, at least half of the children in the custody of child welfare agencies were placed there in connection with substance abuse. Eighty-eight percent of states report that parental substance abuse and poverty are the two top problems in child protection caseloads. When substance abuse is a factor in child abuse, the response of our child welfare system reveals problems and service gaps.