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Engaging Fathers in Family Drug court
The Importance of Gender Specific ProgrammingHon. Karen AdamAnne Chamberlin
Keith Brunson
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How we’re different from other family drug courts
• FDC Judge is not Dependency Judge
**Judge Adam will recuse herself from a dependency case if a parent on her caseload wants to join FDC.**
• Dependency decisions not made in FDC so attorneys
not required.
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Eligibility for FDC
• Parents with an open dependency (children with CPS) based on substance abuse
• Mothers and fathers eligible
• Domestic violence/high conflict eligible
• Non-offending parent in sexual abuse case
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Ineligibility for Family Drug Court
Parents under age 18
Parents who do not live in the Tucson area (i.e., in Ajo)
Significant others who are not a party to the dependency case
Parents who are assigned a Guardian Ad Litem (due to severe mental illness or developmental disabilities)
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FDC Ineligibility (2)
Parents who have committed murder, manslaughter or rape (other violent offenses will be considered on a case-by-case basis)
Parents who are sex offenders
Parents in cases where the children have been out of the home for over 4 months (if the children are under age 3) or 7 months (if the children are age 3 or older)
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Members of the FDC team:
• FDC Judge
• FDC Supervisor
• FDC Case Specialists, Case Aide, Recovery Support Specialist & Support Specialist
• Treatment Providers
• CPS Case Managers
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Reunification rates2001
Adoption
29%
Guardianship
12%Reunification
16%
Other
43%
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What was your life like at the time your children were removed?
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Underlying mental health issues
DepressionAnxietyPTSD
SubstanceAbuse
ChildhoodTrauma
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…and have few resources. They are often:
• Unemployed
• Uneducated
• Unhealthy
• Homeless
• Disconnected from community
• Unmarried
• Disconnected from extended family
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Childhood Trauma
• Dr. Vincent Felitti and Dr. Robert Anda, Centers for Disease Control: Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)
• http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ace/
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Severe childhood trauma in Family Drug Court Clients
2005
• Reported by 94% of all clients
• Only 47% believed this had been addressed to any extent in any treatment
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The formula for failure
Drug or alcohol addiction+ Few resources+ Underlying mental health issues+ Multiple – and overloaded - systems to navigate
(court, CPS, community substance abuse treatment)
+ 12 months to remedy the situation (only 6 for children zero-to-three)
= Severance of Parental Rights
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Goals:
• Increase graduation rates from Family Drug Court
• Increase substance abuse treatment completion rates for all FDC clients
• Maintain 90%+ reunification rate for FDC graduates
• Decrease reactivated dependencies for FDC graduates
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There’s no such thing as a magic bullet, but…
Correlation between completion of trauma therapy and graduation or successful
completion of Family Drug Court is…….
1:1
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The Formula for Success
Family Drug Court+ Intensive Case Managers+ CPS Case Aides+ Trauma Therapy+ Community-Based Substance Abuse Treatment+ Specialized Parenting Services
= Recovery + Reunification
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Family Drug Court Graduates Reunified with their Children 2001-2009
92%
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That’s 349 children no longer in
foster care
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Family Drug Court Graduation Rates
41%
41%
42%
42%
43%
43%
44%
44%
45%
45%
2006
2009
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Substance abuse treatment completion rates
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
2006
2009
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Reunification Rates2001-2006
Adoption
30%
Guardianship
13%Reunification
29%
Other
28%
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Why it’s so important to engage fathers
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Father presence/father involvement
• Better School Performance
• Attachment to School
• Staying out of Trouble
• Delayed Sexual Activity
• Fewer Teen Pregnancies
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Father absence/father not involved
• 63% Youth suicides from fatherless homes
• 85% Children exhibiting behavioral disorders
• 90% Homeless and runaway youth
• 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers
• 70% juveniles in state-operated institutions
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Engaging fathers
• 2007 Family Law Protocols– Tripled # paternity establishments and filings– Father access to custody, visitation, and child support
• 2008 Separate Men’s sessions at FDC– Could accept both parents, regardless of DV
• 2010 Engaging Fathers as CPS Focus– Getting fathers involved in the beginning
• 2010 Engaging Fathers as Model Court Goal– Keeping fathers involved throughout the case
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All cases Reunification Rates 2010
27%18%
8% 0
Mother
Father
Both parents
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Family Drug Court Enrollment
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
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Gender specific programming in fdc
• Male case specialist
• Male case aide from CPS
• Trauma therapy for men
• Separate sessions for men and women
• Referrals to gender specific support groups and programs (resource booklet)
• Wish list: Male support specialist and treatment
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Gender data
Fathers
• 82 % compliant
• 5% absent excused
• 23% absent unexcused
• 29% relapse non-compliance
• 52% graduation
• 10% voluntary termination
• 38% unsuccessful termination
• 45 reunified, 92 children, 16 single dads
Mothers
• 78% compliant
• 6% absent excused
• 27% absent unexcused
• 18% relapse non-compliance
• 42% graduation
• 19% voluntary termination
• 39% unsuccessful termination