Family treatment court participation and permanency in a rural setting: Outcomes from a rigorous quasi‐experiment.
Substance‐affected families are frequently cited as the most challenging families to serve within the child welfare context, particularly in rural settings where treatment services may be few and far between. Growing evidence suggests that family treatment courts (FTCs) may be more effective than th...
| Publicado en: | Child & Family Social Work Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 540 - 550 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2021
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