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For those of you with some interest
in missing, abducted, and runaway aspects of the child welfare/child
victimization issue, the U.S. Department of Justice has just released a series
of bulletins detailing new findings from the NISMART 2 study. I am appending the addresses where
those bulletins are currently published. National Incidence Study of Missing,
Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART2)
·
National
Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview by Andrea J. Sedlak, David Finkelhor, Heather
Hammer and Dana J. Schultz
David Finkelhor * Crimes Against Children Research Center * Family Research Laboratory * Department of Sociology * University of
New Hampshire * Durham, NH 03824 *
603-862-2761 (phone) * 603-862-1122 (fax) david.finkelhor@xxxxxxx
(or) davidf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (603) 862-2761 phone (603) 862-1122 fax Status: U Return-Path: Received: from elist02.mail.cornell.edu (elist02.mail.cornell.edu [132.236.56.15]) by postoffice.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA01522; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:26:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by elist02.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RNDACAN590; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:26:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from elist02.mail.cornell.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elist02.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RNDACAN356; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:21:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailhub2.mail.cornell.edu (mailhub2.mail.cornell.edu [132.236.56.26]) by elist02.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA18356 for Received: (from daemon@localhost) by mailhub2.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA10468 for CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 18:52:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 0exchange.calib.com ([65.205.62.13]) by mailhub2.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA10458 for X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: FW: New Natl Center on Substanc Abue and Child Welfare Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 18:52:17 -0400 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: New Natl Center on Substanc Abue and Child Welfare Thread-Index: AcJxamLibmUjawkrTGmfrV1Hbu1KcgBoKs8j X-PH: V4.1@mailhub2 X-PH: V4.1@elist02 (Cornell Modified) From: "Sandi McLeod" To: Child Maltreatment Researchers Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by elist02.mail.cornell.edu id SAA18357 Message-Tag: 5368 Reply-To: CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx Sender: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.09.cu.02/011115/14:19 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN On behalf of Irene Bocella, OCAN/CB: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Information: Nancy K. Young, Ph.D., Executive Director Office: 714.505.3525 Home: 714.669.2800 US Department of Health and Human Services Launches National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare September 17, 2002 Irvine, California Increased national attention to substance use disorders among families who have abused or neglected their children has led to the creation of a National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare. This problem affects millions of America's children every year. The program is an initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services and jointly funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Children Bureau's, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN). Ms. Sharon Amatetti, Public Health Analyst at CSAT will serve as the federal project officer. The contract award was made to the Center for Children and Family Futures, Inc. an Irvine, California-based policy institute, in September 2002, and is envisioned as a 5-year project through September 2007. Several national reports over the past five years have documented the extent to which families entering the child welfare system and the family courts are affected by substance abuse. Substance abuse affects both parenting and the development of children; an estimated 11% of all children live in families where one or more parents abuse alcohol or other drugs; an estimated 40-60% of children in the child welfare system are impacted by substance abuse. Dr. Nancy Young, a well-known national expert on the public policy issues affecting children of substance abusers, will serve as the Project Director of the National center. Dr. Young is the Executive Director of the Center for Children and Family Futures (CCFF). CCFF has assembled an impressive consortium of national organizations and leaders to facilitate communication among the various service systems affected by substance abuse and child welfare. The consortium members represent the various constituents and stakeholders in the work of the National Center, including families, professionals and national leaders on practice and policy issues in substance abuse, child welfare, family courts, the Tribes, and policymakers. The consortium members include: The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) and the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA). Danya International will implement the technology aspects of the project including web-based tutorials. The National Center will develop and implement a comprehensive program of information gathering and dissemination, knowledge development and application and provide technical assistance to promote practice, organizational, and systems change at the local, state, and national levels. The focus of the National Center's work includes six overall goals: * To effectively communicate among all stakeholders of the National Center * To gather specialized knowledge and improve collaboration among the substance abuse and child welfare fields and family judicial systems * To use the full range of resources of the National Center to create a widely recognized body of expertise and materials on substance abuse, child welfare, and related Tribal and family judicial systems * To develop web-based and other technological means of collecting and disseminating specialized knowledge on substance abuse, child welfare, and family court systems * To use the expertise of the National Center to assist consumers, families, communities, Tribal leaders, other professionals, and policymakers to improve practice, procedures and policies on substance abuse, child welfare and family court systems * To improve the effectiveness of the National Center by measuring its outcomes and gathering feedback from all stakeholders There are several tasks envisioned for the National Center to achieve these goals. The work will include: providing technical assistance to States and communities; collecting, developing, and disseminating information; conducting regional meetings on special topics; convening a national conference in the second and fourth contract years; developing web-based access to information and tutorials; and establishing a national expert group to develop guidelines and standards on these issues. For further information contact Dr. Nancy Young, Center for Children and Family Futures, Inc., 4940 Irvine Boulevard, Suite 202, Irvine, CA 92620; 714.505.3525; nkyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; www.cffutures.com. ### Irene Bocella Office on Child Abuse and Neglect Children's Bureau Administration on Children, Youth and Families US Department of Health and Human Services 330 C Street, SW, Room 2423 Washington, DC 20447 202-205-1723 202-205-8221 FAX Please note my new e-mail address: ibocella@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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