Children's Bureau Express

Child Welfare-Substance Abuse Training Curricula and Resources Soon Available

A new compendium of curricula and resources on the child welfare-substance abuse connection will be available this fall. The compendium stems from the recognition that after the Adoption and Safe Families Act was enacted, little was known about available training resources addressing the linkages between child welfare and substance abuse. Produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Administration for Children and Families--both within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services--the compendium attempts to help fill that knowledge gap and disseminate information about currently available training curricula focusing on these linkages.

Training curricula are categorized according to their primary focus and content. Topics include:

Overview of substance abuse and addiction
Overview of child welfare
Collaboration and service integration
Assessment
Service provision
Working with children and adolescents
Treatment and recovery
Foster care/adoption and substance abuse
The courts and legal representation
Forthcoming resources (in final stages of development or revision process and will be released by the end of 2002)

The compendium will be accessible this fall via the Internet at http://www.samhsa.gov. Additional free copies will also be available this fall from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (800-729-6686) or the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (800-394-3366).

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