U.S Department of Health and Human Services U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Kentucky

The Kentucky IDTA Project is entitled Safe Families in Recovery Partnership (“the Partnership”). There are three state agencies within two branches of government participating in this IDTA. The courts, child protective services and the agency for substance abuse are collaborating to achieve cross-systems integration and coordination for the benefit of children and families. The Partnership includes the Administrative Office of the Courts (on behalf of Kentucky’s Unified Court of Justice, the Judicial Branch) and the Department for Community Based Services, and the Department for Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (agencies within the Executive Branch).

The Partnership has identified the priority population for this IDTA as families where parents have co-occurring issues of substance abuse and child maltreatment and potential involvement within the court system.

To address the needs of this population, the Partnership has identified the following major products for completion during the IDTA:

  • A cross-system protocol for information exchange including baseline and outcome data and information required for decision-making and services delivery.
  • A protocol for cross-system practice including client/family identification, including roles and functions of each agency and standards for service delivery and practice across all three systems.
  • Cross-system training on shared agency values and mandates, common client characteristics, family and child needs, funding sources and interventions within each of the three systems.
  • A budget and sustainability plan for enhancing cross system funding practices and IDTA products.