Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families (EPIC): a child welfare intervention for parental substance abuse.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Across Ohio, parental substance abuse has contributed to a marked increase in the number of children in foster care. Children exposed to parental substance use have a higher likelihood of physical abuse and neglect, and consequently a variety of physical, psychological and cognitive problems. The Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families (EPIC) program is a collaborative effort between the Ohio State University College of Social Work, two county offices of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, two juvenile courts and local behavioral health agencies. The goal of EPIC is to use three evidence-based and evidence-informed practices to reduce abusive and neglectful parenting, reduce addiction severity in parents, and improve permanency outcomes for families inv

SUBMITTER: Freisthler B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8063333 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature