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Access NCSACW’s latest materials designed to help organizations and professionals stay in the know about policy and practice strategies that support families in child welfare affected by substance use disorders.

Lessons from the Regional Partnership Grants Program: What Works for Families

Lessons from the Regional Partnership Grants Program: What Works for Families

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2026

This brief distills two decades of learning from the Regional Partnership Grants (RPG...(Read More)
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Stronger Than You Know: Tools for Navigating Life’s Challenges

Stronger Than You Know: Tools for Navigating Life’s Challenges

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2026

A youth-friendly guide for adolescents and young adults affected by substance use...(Read More)
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Workforce Stability in the Regional Partnership Grants Program: Staff Transition and Succession Planning Strategies

Workforce Stability in the Regional Partnership Grants Program: Staff Transition and Succession Planning Strategies

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2026

This resource brief is designed to support Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) Program...(Read More)
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Toolkit: Carry the Message How Substance Use Disorder Treatment Agencies Can Help Child Welfare Agencies Meet the Safety Needs o...

Brief 1: An Overview of Substance Use Trends and Their Potential Effects on Child Safety

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2025

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) prepared this...(Read More)
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Plan of Safe Care (POSC) Implementation Self-Assessment Tool

Plan of Safe Care (POSC) Implementation Self-Assessment Tool

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2025

The Plan of Safe Care Implementation Self-Assessment Tool is designed to help...(Read More)
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Video Series: Improving Early Childhood Outcomes and Systems

Parent Perspectives: Parenting a young child with special needs

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2025

Includes nine brief videos that feature subject matter experts including parents in...(Read More)
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Improving Early Childhood Outcomes and Systems for Families Affected by Parental Substance Use, Substance Use Disorders, and Co-...

Overview: Improving Early Childhood Outcomes and Systems for Families Affected by Parental Substance Use, Substance Use Disorders, and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2025

Helps build capacity for child welfare, substance use disorder (SUD) and mental...(Read More)
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Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Locator

To find treatment facilities confidentially, 24/7, please call 1-800-662-4357 (HELP).

To locate general treatment services, visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Treatment Locator online or call 1-800-662-4357 (HELP). This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. It is a free, confidential, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a year information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members needing treatment for a mental and/or substance use disorder.

To locate general treatment services, visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Treatment Locator online or call 1-800-662-4357 (HELP). This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. It is a free, confidential, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a year information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members needing treatment for a mental and/or substance use disorder.

National Child Abuse Hotline

If you suspect a child has been harmed by abuse or neglect, please call 1-800-422-4453.

If you suspect that a child has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by abuse or neglect, call the National Child Abuse Hotline at Call the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453. Serving the United States and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. All calls, texts, and chats are confidential. If you believe a child is in immediate danger of harm, call 911 first.

If you suspect that a child has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by abuse or neglect, call the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453. Serving the United States and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. All calls, texts, and chats are confidential. If you believe a child is in immediate danger of harm, call 911 first.

National Suicide Prevention Line

For free and confidential support for people in distress, 24/7, please call or text 988, chat 988Lifeline.org, or call 1-800-273-8255.

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, help is available and there are options to receive compassionate care. You can call or text 988 or chat 988Lifeline.org. You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255). Both are confidential and available 24/7 to everyone in the United States and will connect you to a trained counselor at a suicide crisis center nearest you.

If you or someone you know are in crisis, thinking about harming yourself, attempting suicide, or harming another person, tell someone who can help right away. There are options to help you cope. Call the toll-free, 24-hour hotline of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) to be connected to a trained counselor at a suicide crisis center nearest you. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is confidential support, available 24/7 to everyone in the United States.

Contact Us

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare offers free technical assistance to a variety of systems on making policy and practice changes to improve outcomes for families affected by substance use disorders and involvement with child welfare services. To learn more about technical assistance services or if you have a question please email NCSACW at ncsacw@cffutures.org or call toll-free at 1–866–493–2758.

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