Center Releases its Annual Report on Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T.
The 7th Annual Report of the Arizona Families FIRST program, issued by Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy, reflects this innovative program established in 2000 to actively engage parents accused of child maltreatment into substance abuse treatment services.
Recently, the Arizona Department of Economic Security approved acceptance of the annual report of the Arizona Families FIRST program, issued by Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy. This report reflects the Center’s 7th Annual report of this innovative program, established in 2000 to actively engage parents accused of child maltreatment into substance abuse treatment services. Now in its ninth year of operation, the Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T. program provides a statewide, locally coordinated, and efficacious effort to intervene at the intersection of child maltreatment and parent substance abuse. This year’s annual evaluation report is restricted primarily to the first nine months of the state fiscal year, in order to provide more accurate and more detailed analysis. As a result of the AFF program, more than 2,500 families in SFY 2010 received substance abuse treatment and support services that are based on evidence-supported and best practices. As a result of the provision of these treatment and support services, participating parents who had drug tests were found to be drug free 92% of the time throughout their program participation. Further, for 85% of the child victims of maltreatment, no subsequent maltreatment was reported during the time period assessed by this report. To read the full Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T. 2010 Annual Report, click here.
