Through its In-Depth Technical Assistance (IDTA) Program, the Family-Centered Systems Innovation Team (FCSIT) assists states, Tribes, and community partner agencies in implementing the 2016 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) amendments to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), Public Law 114-198.
FCSIT focuses on improving the safety, health, permanency, well-being, and recovery outcomes of families affected by substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. This specialized team helps states develop state policies and practice protocols in five critical areas identified in CARA amendments to CAPTA:
FCSIT improves cross-agency collaboration among substance use and mental health disorder treatment centers, child welfare and court systems, and their partners. The improved collaboration reduces duplication of effort, increases effective communication, saves resources, and increases the number of infants who can safely remain with their parents while reducing the need for child welfare protective custody.
The IDTA model provides communities with tailored, phased support for sustainable policy and practice changes through targeted training, technical assistance, and coaching. The customized approach has resulted in sites increasing their capacity to improve the safety, health, permanency, well-being, and recovery outcomes for families affected by substance use and mental health disorders.
The map below highlights past and present participating states. Profiles for current states are coming soon. For further information on IDTA sites, contact NCSACW@cffutures.org
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National Center on Substance Abuse and Child..., 2024
Provides information about the effects of cannabis use on fetal and neonatal health, how to develop a Plan of Safe Care (POSC) and
... (Read More)National Center on Substance Abuse and Child..., 2020
A five-part series on POSC for infants born with and identified as affected by substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from
... (Read More)Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services A..., 2016
Provides information on the extent of opioid use by pregnant women as well as the effects on the infant, evidenced-based recommendations
... (Read More)National Center on Substance Abuse and Child..., 2017
Covers the history of the CAPTA prenatal exposure provisions, including the July 2016 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act changes.
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