Access to Substance Abuse Treatment in Child Welfare
Sam Choi, MSW, Ph.D.

Abstract
This article presents the results of a study that evaluated the efficacy of Recovery Coaches in increasing substance abuse treatment access in timely manner, using a randomized experimental design with 200 custodial parents in the child welfare system. The primary goal of Recovery Coaches is to engage parents in treatment for recovery through a proactive case management strategy. Recovery Coaches were associated with (1) higher rates of service access and (2) more timely access.

Full Text: PDF     DOI: 10.15640/jssw.v7n1a9