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Increasing Family Reunification for Substance‐Abusing Mothers and Their Children: Comparing Two Drug Court Interventions in Miami
Author(s) -
Dakof Gayle A.,
Cohen Judge Jeri B.,
Duarte Eliette
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2009.01033.x
Subject(s) - drug court , miami , graduation (instrument) , family reunification , intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , medicine , dependency (uml) , drug , test (biology) , family medicine , psychiatry , political science , immigration , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology , environmental science , systems engineering , soil science , biology
This study provides a quasi‐experimental test of 80 consecutive enrollments in the Miami‐Dade (Florida) Dependency Drug Court in order to examine the impact of a family‐based and gender specific intervention, Engaging Moms Program (EMP), on drug court graduation and family reunification. We compared EMP with case management services (CMS). Results indicated that 72% of mothers in the EMP graduated from drug court, and 70% were reunified with their children. In contrast, 38% of mothers receiving CMS graduated from drug court, and 40% were reunited with their children. EMP, then, appears to be a promising family drug court intervention.