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The National Center on Substance Use and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is a resource center providing technical assistance and materials to help understand and prevent SUDs. Here are three NCSACW resources for May:
- Module 3 of the Child Welfare Toolkit provides in-depth information and learning opportunities for child welfare staff working with diverse families affected by mental health disorders, co-occurring disorders, trauma, and domestic violence.
- NCSACW Tutorials offer web-based training resources to help professionals work with families affected by SUDs, while also improving cross-systems collaboration across the various agencies.
- NCSACW will virtually present Collaborative Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Adolescents Affected by Substance Use Disorders at both the Adolescent Health and the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs conferences. The presentation highlights the unique risks and needs of adolescents affected by trauma, mental health, and SUDs; addresses how to identify key stakeholders in existing systems; and reviews collaborative strategies to meet the needs of adolescents affected by trauma and SUDs. To learn more about this presentation please contact us!
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Psychiatry, a Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) grantee, along with UAB’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine division, provides the Comprehensive Addiction in Pregnancy Program (CAPP), serving pregnant women with SUDs from their first prenatal visit through six months postpartum. CAPP provides services for women, infants, and families to support successful recovery and enhanced family well-being; these services include connection to SUD treatment including medications for opioid use disorder, prenatal care, case management, peer support, social support, and education about prenatal and postnatal health and parenting.
Clinicians administer the evidence-based Edinburgh Depression Scale every other month during prenatal care to identify women at risk of postpartum mood disorders. They also provide supported referrals to gender-responsive counseling services and assist with medication access and management if needed.
New mothers have a “mood check” appointment scheduled two weeks after delivery–either in-person or online–while also screening for depression four to six weeks after delivery.
CAPP, which works to address the unique challenges of pregnant and postpartum women, maintains close relationships with a number of community providers:
- Amelia Center offers grief counseling for women who experience pregnancy loss.
- Beacon Integrated Health Clinic conducts follow-up medication management and mental health counseling.
- Birmingham Healthy Start sends staff into homes to support ongoing family bonding and healthy social emotional development, while providing ongoing screening, assessment and treatment for postpartum depression and early intervention support services when needed.
Learn more about the CAPP here.
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To learn more about programs, strategies, and interventions that improve outcomes for families visit us at cffutures.org.
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