Family Treatment Courts: An Evidence-Based Approach to Family-Centered Care

Join the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW)’s upcoming webinar! Learn more about FTCs and discover how a family-centered approach helps achieve better outcomes. Presenters and panelists explore how FTCs implement a collaborative approach to resolve barriers in service access and engagement.

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FTCs have compelling outcomes across various domains

• Parents start SUD treatment earlier, stay longer, and experience better outcomes, including successful program completion and decreased substance use.
• Children placed in out-of-home care (OOHC) experience fewer days in care and increased reunification rates.
• Families gain increased access to comprehensive services and are less likely to experience recurrence of child maltreatment or OOHC reentry.

Attendees will gain a greater understanding of

• Foundational elements that make FTCs effective and help parents, children and other family members obtain equal access to services
• FTCs as an evidence-based approach to improve outcomes for families
• The importance of a collaborative family-centered approach to FTC’s success
• Resources to implement an FTC