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What to Expect From Virtual Addiction Treatment

Gateway Foundation

Addiction treatment plays a critical role for those with substance use disorders, but only a small percentage of individuals who need treatment receive it. Common barriers to in-person treatment include a lack of nearby providers or facilities and the inability to leave home due to family or job-related duties. Experts In Addiction.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2024, part two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

When family police agencies try to treat substance addiction as a moral failing instead of as a disease, some of us have said: Well, you wouldnt treat cancer as a moral failing, would you? In Nevada, even the family police agency in metropolitan Las Vegas wants to stop having to take calls for so-called educational neglect.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

. ● Tearing apart families because of foster-care panic is common; admitting that’s why you’re doing it is not. But this story from WitnessLA includes the case of a Los Angeles mother who was investigated by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services but initially allowed to keep her children.