What is the National START (Sobriety, Treatment, and Recovery Teams) Model?

Families affected by substance use disorders and involved in the child welfare system face a variety of complex challenges. Children of parents with substance use disorder are more likely to be removed from parental care, less likely to be reunified, and experience lengthier out-of-home placements and delayed permanency. This brief provides an overview of the Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START) program — an evidence-based child welfare service delivery model for families that is aimed at keeping children safely with their parent(s) whenever possible through achieving parental sobriety and recovery, and family stability. The brief also highlights the funding and implementation of the START model in Kansas, Kentucky (which uses TANF to support the model), North Carolina, and Ohio, along with each state’s unique considerations.

Record Type: 
Research-To-Practice Brief
Publication Date: 
January, 2023
Date: 
January 2023
Source: 
Partner Resources
State: 
Kansas
Kentucky
North Carolina
Ohio
Topics/Subtopics: 
  • Supportive Services
    • Child Welfare
    • Health/Behavioral Health Referrals and Supports
  • Special Populations
  • TANF Program Administration
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