Changing Family Courts to Help Heal and Build Resilient Families

Part VI advocates and calls for Family Courts to incorporate the collaborative approach used by Family Drug Courts into all dependency or child welfare cases in order to increase their success. [...]villages split and some people even left their homes. "12 Substance abuse is the main cause or factor in child abuse and neglect cases.13 "Approximately 11% of children live with one or more parent who is dependent on alcohol or needs treatment for illicit drug abuse. "14 For children under the age of five the rate increases to 14%.15 "Substance abuse problems are especially severe among families with infants in foster care, who make up a disproportionately la