Use specialized courts to work with parents involved in the child welfare system who may lose custody of their children due to substance abuse
Policies & Programs
Policies and programs that can improve health
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Family treatment drug courts
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Community Safety, Alcohol and Drug Use
Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)
Increase support for non-profit health care organizations and deliver comprehensive care to uninsured, underinsured, and vulnerable patients regardless of ability to pay; often called community health centers (CHCs)
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Access to Care
Firearm licensing laws
Require a potential purchaser to obtain a permit or license before purchasing a firearm
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Community Safety
Flexible scheduling
Offer employees control over an aspect of their schedule through arrangements such as flex time, flex hours, compressed work weeks, or self-scheduled shift work
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Employment
Focused deterrence strategies
Target a particular crime through law enforcement and community agency cooperation and coordination of various deterrents and social services; also called pulling levers policing
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Community Safety
Fruit & vegetable incentive programs
Offer low-income participants matching funds to purchase healthy foods, especially fresh fruits and vegetables; often called bonus dollars, market bucks, produce coupons, or nutrition incentives
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Full child support pass-through and disregard
Adopt policies that allow custodial parents who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to collect all child support paid by the non-custodial parent; no portion is retained by the state
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Income
Full-day kindergarten
Offer kindergarten programs for 4 to 6-year-old children, five days per week for at least five hours per day
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Education
Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
Introduce a short-term family-based intervention therapy focused on strengths, protective factors and risk factors for youth with delinquency, violence, or substance abuse problems, and their families
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Community Safety
Group-based parenting programs
Teach parenting skills in a group setting using a standardized curriculum, often based on behavioral or cognitive-behavioral approaches and focused on parents of at-risk children
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support