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The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is
an initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services and jointly funded
by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA)
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the Administration on Children,
Youth and Families (ACYF), Children's Bureau's Office on Child Abuse and Neglect
(OCAN).
NCSACW's goals are to develop and implement a comprehensive program of information
gathering and dissemination, to provide technical assistance, and
to develop knowledge that promotes effective practice, organizational,
and system changes at the local, state, and national levels.
The NCSACW activities will include:
- Creating widely recognized expertise on substance abuse, child welfare,
tribal, and family judicial systems
- Gathering and developing specialized knowledge to improve collaboration
among the substance abuse, child welfare, tribal, and family judicial
systems
- Developing web-based and other technological means of collecting and disseminating current knowledge
- Assisting communities, policymakers, and other professionals
to improve practice, procedures, and policies
Federal sponsor and contractor acknowledgments
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