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Building Collaborative Capacity Series: How to Develop Cross Systems Teams and Implement Collaborative Practices

Provides states and communities with strategies to create cross-systems collaborative teams, communication protocols, and practice innovations. Aims to improve screening, assessment, and engagement to best serve families affected by SUDs and child welfare service involvement.

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 1 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Developing the Structure of Collaborative Teams to Serve Families Affected by S...

Building Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 1 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Developing the Structure of Collaborative Teams to Serve Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 1 describes how to establish and facilitate the structure of a multi-system...(Read More)
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Module 2 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Addressing Values and Developing Shared Principles and Trust in Collaborative T...

Building Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 2 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Addressing Values and Developing Shared Principles and Trust in Collaborative Teams

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 2 highlights how to identify the shared values and principles among...(Read More)
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Module 3 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Establishing Practice-Level Communication Pathways and Information-Sharing Prot...

Building Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 3 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Establishing Practice-Level Communication Pathways and Information-Sharing Protocols

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 3 describes how to develop communication pathways and information-sharing...(Read More)
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Module 4 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Establishing Administrative-Level Data Sharing to Monitor and Evaluate Program ...

Building Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 4 – Setting the Collaborative Foundation: Establishing Administrative-Level Data Sharing to Monitor and Evaluate Program Success

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 4 describes how collaborative initiatives can develop administrative-level...(Read More)
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Module 5 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Developing Screening Protocols to Identify Parental Substance Use Disorders and Rela...

Building Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 5 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Developing Screening Protocols to Identify Parental Substance Use Disorders and Related Child and Family Needs

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 5 provides an overview of the screening tools and processes that child welfare...(Read More)
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Module 6 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Establishing Comprehensive Assessment Procedures and Promoting Family Engagement int...

Building Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 6 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Establishing Comprehensive Assessment Procedures and Promoting Family Engagement into Services

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 6 outlines assessment tools and procedures to determine the nature and extent...(Read More)
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Module 7 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Developing and Monitoring Joint Case Plans and Promoting Treatment Retention and Pos...

Building Collaborative Capacity Series: Module 7 – Frontline Collaborative Efforts: Developing and Monitoring Joint Case Plans and Promoting Treatment Retention and Positive Family Outcomes

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2021

Module 7 describes how cross-systems collaboratives can jointly develop and monitor...(Read More)
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Find Help with a Personal Situation

Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Locator

To find treatment facilities confidentially, 24/7, please call 1-800-662-4357 (HELP).

To locate general treatment services, visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Treatment Locator online or call 1-800-662-4357 (HELP). This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. It is a free, confidential, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a year information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members needing treatment for a mental and/or substance use disorder.

To locate general treatment services, visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Treatment Locator online or call 1-800-662-4357 (HELP). This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. It is a free, confidential, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a year information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members needing treatment for a mental and/or substance use disorder.

National Child Abuse Hotline

If you suspect a child has been harmed by abuse or neglect, please call 1-800-422-4453.

If you suspect that a child has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by abuse or neglect, call the National Child Abuse Hotline at Call the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453. Serving the United States and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. All calls, texts, and chats are confidential. If you believe a child is in immediate danger of harm, call 911 first.

If you suspect that a child has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by abuse or neglect, call the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453. Serving the United States and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. All calls, texts, and chats are confidential. If you believe a child is in immediate danger of harm, call 911 first.

National Suicide Prevention Line

For free and confidential support for people in distress, 24/7, please call or text 988, chat 988Lifeline.org, or call 1-800-273-8255.

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, help is available and there are options to receive compassionate care. You can call or text 988 or chat 988Lifeline.org. You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255). Both are confidential and available 24/7 to everyone in the United States and will connect you to a trained counselor at a suicide crisis center nearest you.

If you or someone you know are in crisis, thinking about harming yourself, attempting suicide, or harming another person, tell someone who can help right away. There are options to help you cope. Call the toll-free, 24-hour hotline of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) to be connected to a trained counselor at a suicide crisis center nearest you. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is confidential support, available 24/7 to everyone in the United States.

Contact Us

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare offers free technical assistance to a variety of systems on making policy and practice changes to improve outcomes for families affected by substance use disorders and involvement with child welfare services. To learn more about technical assistance services or if you have a question please email NCSACW at ncsacw@cffutures.org or call toll-free at 1–866–493–2758.

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