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Family Dependency Treatment Courts: Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect Cases Using the Drug Court Model
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Family Dependency Treatment Courts: Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect Cases Using the Drug Court Model
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Author(s)
Earp, Betsy
Source(s)
National Drug Court Institute (Alexandria, VA)
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Rockville, MD)
Sponsor(s)
U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (Washington, DC)
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Published 2004.
80 pages.
Related Topics
Child abuse
(Justice System)
Children of inmates
(Offender Services)
Drug courts
(Justice System)
Issues surrounding family dependency treatment courts (FDTCs) brought up at a 1999 focus group of teams from the most well-established FDTCs (e.g., Kansas City (MO), Reno (NV), San Diego (CA), and Suffolk County (NY)) are discussed. Contents of this monograph include: introductionwhat FDTCs are: backgroundhistory, definition, mission, and goals of FDTCs; how the FDTC fits into the justice system; common characteristics of four early FDTCs; varying approaches; community stakeholders; permanency and safety for childrenimplications of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997; recommendations of the focus group; current initiatives; focus group participant FDTC program descriptions; Adoption and Safe Families Act timeline; recommendations for research and evaluation; family interaction programs; strengths, challenges, opportunities, and threats; and focus group participants.
Accession Number: 020315
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