Helping Families Combat Substance Use: Connecticut Family Stability Project

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A social services worker speaks with a mother and her child in their home.

The GPL worked with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families and other project partners to establish the Family Stability initiative, which:

  1. Expanded substance use recovery and parent support services to 500 families in need
  2. Reengineered referral, enrollment, and data-sharing systems to systematically match families with the right services, and track their progress along the way.
  3. Identified and filled a gap in services for families with children aged 3-6.

This project provided substance use recovery and parent support services to 500 Connecticut families over four and a half years.

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