| Project Title: | Family Reclaim: A Community-Based Collaborative To Strengthen Families With Substance Abuse and Neglect Issues |
| Grant/Contract Number: | 90CA1587 |
| Type of Project: | Demonstration |
| Funding Agency: | Office on Child Abuse and Neglect |
| Agency Contact Person: | Sue
Sparrow (202) 205-8244 |
| Principal Investigator: | Patricia Chambers, Ph.D. |
| Mailing Address: | Family
Support Services of the Bay Area 554 Grand Avenue Oakland, CA 94610 |
| Total Project Duration: | 04/01/97 to 03/31/02 |
| FY 98 Total Costs: | $150,000 |
| Total Project Budget: | $1,000,000 |
| Child Maltreatment Focus: | Primary, Secondary |
| Type of Abuse: | Neglect |
| Sample Size: | 50 adults per year and their families |
| Age of Subjects: | Not specified |
| Child
Abuse and Neglect Focus of This Project: |
Treatment and Preventive Interventions |
| Summary |
| Family Reclaim is a community-based Oakland collaborative that addresses the dual impact of substance abuse and child neglect on children and families. The mission is to create an interdisciplinary collaboration of families, community leaders, and agencies to help substance-abusing families nurture their children, free of neglect. Services include child protective services, intensive case management, and substance abuse treatment, Life Choice seminars and respite child care. The objectives of Family Reclaim are to decrease child neglect and substance abuse, improve family functioning, and prevent out-of-home placement of children. Family Reclaim is a voluntary program that invites families to join and offers them culturally sensitive concrete assistance. In this model, families design and set up a self-sustaining community-based program. It is predicted that at least 80 percent of the families will improve family functioning and will be intact at the time of closing, in spite of being at high risk for removal of their children. Family Reclaim will disseminate its procedures manual and evaluation report nationally in order to share what it has learned from its collaboration and innovative service approach. |
