Brief 2: Technical Assistance Brief -- Practice-Level Strategies to Create Systems-Level Change: Resources

This brief examines the importance of identifying, developing, and maintaining resources across substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, child welfare, the courts, and other service systems. The goal is to support collaborative, family-centered practices, and policies to help families at risk of, or affected by, parental SUDs and involvement in child welfare services. The essential elements of successful resource development while offering considerations for sustainability—such as human resource development, community building, funding mechanisms, and institutionalization necessary to sustain these resources for long-term change are highlighted in this resource. This brief describes RPG lessons and strategies on how cross-systems collaborative capacity building can lead to increased family-centered treatment and resources to serve families more effectively.