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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
Publication year:
2004
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: 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.